Alok Sama, Former SOFTBANK CFO on Working With the Visionary Masayoshi Son
The world’s largest tech-focused venture capital fund. And the man behind it is Masayoshi Son, often referred to as Masa.
At 16, Masa moved to California, drawn by the entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley.
Before he turned 21 years old, Son sold his first company— a multilingual translator bought by Sharp for about $1 million.
Masa returned to Japan and founded SoftBank as a software distribution company.
In 1995, Masa made one of his first bold investments— a $100 million for a 30% stake in Yahoo.
In 1999, Masa made an even bigger move, investing $20 million in Alibaba, a year-old…
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