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Masayoshi Son
Private Sector Figure · Founder, SoftBank Group
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Masayoshi Son is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, the Japanese technology-investment conglomerate he established in 1981. He is known for aggressive bets on emerging technology, including an early stake in Alibaba, and for building SoftBank's Vision Fund into one of the world's largest technology investment vehicles. In recent years he has steered the company toward artificial-intelligence infrastructure and semiconductors, and he also serves as chairman of the chip designer Arm.
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SoftBank donates $50M to Trump's presidential library
via SoftBank Group — Donated $50 million to the Trump presidential library foundation, one of the largest publicly disclosed gifts to the fund, intended to support a library focus on the U.S.-Japan relationship. The company pledged in 2024 to invest $100 billion in the United States during Trump's term, is a major investor in OpenAI, and lobbies on AI-related issues according to recent filings.
Trump order expedites federal permits for AI data centers
Technology & AI sector — Enables and accelerates the buildout of AI infrastructure to support the AI transformation
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