Friday, December 09, 2005

Masayoshi Son Next Big Bet: TV Bank

I've been watching Masayoshi Son (the Bill Gates of Japan) activities since his early days. His projects, his successes, his failures and his sometimes chaotic near to crash maneuverings (e.g. remember the Ziff-Davis adventure?) the

He is a big, probably the biggest investor in the Internet space with about 3 billion USD investments in about 800 internet companies. And as contentSutra summons up, the President and CEO of Japan's SoftBank Corp. "... has made some $7.5 billion on exits, and the holdings in the listed companies in his portfolio are currently worth $22 billion..."

Not so bad after all! He is still hungry and has his next BIG project going

TV Bank - an IP TV venture

Business Today interviewed Masayoshi Son on his actual projects and updates us on SoftBank earnings and market cap (Subscription only)

(if you are not a subscriber) read the full interview on contentSutra (Thanks for sharing)
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