Masayoshi Son

SINGAPORE (Nov 24): In February 2000, Masayoshi Son briefly became the richest man in the world, overtaking Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

(July 24): Grab raised US$2 billion ($2.7 billion) from Didi Chuxing and SoftBank Group Corp. in the largest–ever venture fundraising in Southeast Asia, joining forces with two companies instrumental in driving Uber Technologies Inc. out of China.

SINGAPORE (April 18): Singapore may have just added a new tech billionaire, but it had to lure him from Japan first.

SINGAPORE (Oct 14): SoftBank Group Corp. said it will form a new fund to invest as much as US$100 billion ($138 billion) in the global technology industry in the next five years, partnering with Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund to find tech compani

SINGAPORE (July 20): Four Japanese equity funds available for sale in Singapore have a stake in Japanese internet and telecoms conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp, according to data from Morningstar Direct.

TOKYO (June 1): SoftBank said Wednesday it will sell at least US$7.9 billion ($10.9 billion) worth of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, as the Japanese firm looks to pay down a whopping debt load.