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" I started Softbank in 1981, a year and a half after I came back from the United States, after graduating from Berkeley. I wanted to start my own company when I came back to Japan. "

Masayoshi Son

Company

Back

Own

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Focused

Active

" Internet as a service is like culture that you have to understand, and each country has a local culture. "

" I think in terms of 20-year horizons. "

" If they had listened to me and had equal partnerships in China, the U.K., Germany and Brazil, maybe Yahoo in those countries could have become positioned like Yahoo Japan. "

Masayoshi Son

Partnerships

Become

" I always take bold moves. So it can have great return but with great risk. "

" We saw a big bang in PCs; we saw a big bang in the Internet. I believe the next big bang is going to be even bigger. To be ready for that, we need to set the foundation, and that foundation is SoftBank Vision Fund. "

" As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products. "

Masayoshi Son

New

Student

" Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well. "

" I always have a big idea. It pops up every two to three years. "

Masayoshi Son

Years

Two

" Alibaba model is the model that I am supporting in China, in India, and even in Japan. "

" Some kind of correction will always happen. But it depends on the specific companies. "

" I'm the king of debt. "

Masayoshi Son

Debt

King

" Japan had an energy crisis. I thought, instead of just worrying about it, I should take some kind of responsibility to provide the solutions. "

" When you negotiate a deal, you clearly know a lot about the other person. "

" People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge. "

" My belief is that we should never become overconfident. "

" Uber has to design for the global platform. "

" Back in the year 2000, most of the Internet companies were not making any money. "

" Uber is redefining the transportation industry now; Airbnb is doing it to the hotel industry. You can expect that to happen in every single industry. "

" My philosophy is that the digital revolution will make mankind happier and more productive, and that won't change over the next 300 years. If you don't stick to that original philosophy, even perfect control of a bunch of companies isn't going to do you any good. "

" Every street light will be interconnected to the Internet because we can save when car is not passing. Automobile will all be connected, so driverless car much safer. "

" Softbank 2.0 means globalisation of Softbank. "

Masayoshi Son

Globalisation

Means

" All human beings are the same. In the United States, people come from all over the world, all races, all backgrounds. And they're all doing what they want, many scoring huge successes. When I saw that, I became more open. It freed my soul. "

" Renewables is part of social responsibility, but the information revolution is the only main thing I am interested in. "

" Just like I gave Jack Ma and Alibaba the luxury of staying private for longer, I am now giving Arm the gift of being private. My only message to them now is take my investment and let's go, go, go. "

" It's actually sad to be rich. "