04 SoftBank

TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT

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Founded in 1981 , Japan ’ s SoftBank Group is one of the world ’ s foremost investment titans and tech leaders , managing a broad range of owned companies with enormous scope and reach . SoftBank Corp , its mobile and fixed line unit , is joined by semiconductor leader Arm , Sprint , Yahoo Japan , Brighstar and more under the Group ’ s banner , along with the Vision and Delta Funds . The Vision Fund , originally a $ 100bn investment warchest targeting exciting and rapidly growing tech startups , is Uber ’ s largest shareholder . A second Vision Fund is in the pipeline , although progress on its launch has struggled to reach the $ 100bn of its predecessor owing to the COVID-19 pandemic .

CEO MASAYOSHI SON

76,866 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

HQ

TOKYO JAPAN AUGUST 2020