Masayoshi Son

Everything Masayoshi Son said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Masayoshi Son: SoftBank lost six trillion yen over two consecutive quarters

“So previous quarter, and this time quarter, consecutively, we made three trillion yen level of the loss. So in total, six trillion yen was made in the past six months.”

Masayoshi Son Aug 13, 2022 ▶ 5:22 E91: SoftBank's $21B+ Vision Fund loss, signals of a bubble, macro picture, Trump raided by FBI

The other half of the tape: Masayoshi Son's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 97 times in 27 episodes across the shows. 3 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Jason Calacanis 45David Friedberg 24David Sacks 8Thomas Laffont 7Chamath Palihapitiya 6Brad Gerstner 4Travis Kalanick 1Rene Haas 1

Statements about Masayoshi Son, by other people (3)

ALL-IN Opinion

Sacks: Masayoshi Son is a gambler whose big win covers his mistakes

“Look, I mean, he's a gambler, and he is playing a power loss, so he only needs one really big return to basically make up for all the mistakes, and it seems like he's hit that.”

David Sacks Feb 17, 2024 ▶ 8:36 E166: Mind-blowing AI Video: OpenAI launches Sora + Is Biden too old? Tucker/Putin interview & more

ALL-IN Insight

Masa Son: Investors should scale fast-growing winners rather than fix mistakes

“Nikesh, you're spending too much time with the mistake. He said, if you go spend that time with a company that's growing it three times, they can grow it six times. We'll make our money up six times in that company instead of you trying to fix that from half b…”

Nikesh Arora Sep 23, 2024 ▶ 10:57 Nikesh Arora | All-In Summit 2024

ALL-IN Opinion

Arora: Masayoshi Son's risk appetite grew larger as he aged

“Masa is one of those people whose risk appetite grew as he grew older.”

Nikesh Arora Sep 23, 2024 ▶ 7:02 Nikesh Arora | All-In Summit 2024

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Masayoshi's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
ALL-INLEDGER	Founder & CEO, SoftBank	0 +1	1	—	full record on All-In →