Masayoshi Son Bio
Real Name: Masayoshi Son
Profession: Businessperson
Personal Life
Date of Birth : 11 August 1957
Age (as in 2019) : 61 Years
Birthplace : Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Zodiac sign : Leo
Nationality: Japanese
University: University Of California
Net Worth : $23 Billion
Family
Siblings: Four
Brothers: Taizo Son
Marital Status : Married
Spouse : Masami Ohno
Children: 2
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) : 167 cm (in centimeters), 1.67 m, 5’ 5” (in feet inches)
About Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese business tycoon; he is the founder of ‘SoftBank’, a multinational telecom and
internet corporation. He is also the chairman of Sprint Corporation. A great businessman and very wide known personality, he is one of the rich people in Japan. He has also a great goodwill for his numerous philanthropist works.
Early life
Masayoshi Son was born in Tosu, Saga, Japan on 11th August, 1957 in a Korean family. Son has always been fascinated with America, and his studies done from there only. He has completed his high school from Holy Names University. Later on he completed his graduation from University of California in Berkeley; he studied economics and computer science there.
Career
After completing his graduation in B.A, Son returned to Japan and started a software distribution company called ‘Nihon Softbank’ I 1981. The company’s named was shortened and later it was named ‘SoftBank’ only. His company achieved heights, when his deals with other companies strike well, Softbank grabbed almost 50 percent share in computer market by year 1984. He soon explore other area of businesses, but they didn’t turned out profitable, he soon faced many losses. In year2000, he invested $20 million in Alibaba, a new Chinese e-commerce company. This proved to be a wise investment as over the years Alibaba registered phenomenal growth and Alibaba’s initial public offering in 2014 valued SoftBank’s stake at more than $50 billion.
As on 2017, Softbankwas ranked in the Forbes Global 2000 list as the 62nd largest public company in the world.
Personal Life & Death
Vey less known about, Masayoshi Son’s personal wife, but he is a married man, his wife name is Masami Ohno. The couple has together two daughters.
Presently, he is residing in Tokyo, Japan with his family in his three story mansion, which is less of nothing.
Masayoshi Son is also a well know philanthropist, he has donated millions for social causes. In 2011, he donated huge amount of 10 billion yen for tsunami and Fukushima and Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Net worth
As per information available on web sources, Masayoshi Son has estimated net worth of $22.7 billion, he is ranked at number 39 by Forbes, in the list World’s billionaires.