Masayoshi Son
Compensation/Resignation Watch ’21: SoftBank Nos. 2
Marcelo Claure is ready for his reward, or to send the stock tanking even further. Your choice, Masa.
WeWork’s Dream Of Going Public Is About To Come True
All it took was changing everything about itself, an 80% valuation haircut and Shaq.
Masa Son Sure Knows How To Pick’em
Another of the SoftBank chief’s unicorns looks a bit like roadkill.
Masa Son Cancels Future Performances In China
There’s something about Xi Jinping’s belligerence towards everything SoftBank does that’s giving Son pause.
Masayoshi Son’s Vision Pays Off
But he should really take a step back from the casino.
Well, That Was Fast
Masa Son wastes no time getting back to wheeling and dealing (and maybe self-dealing).
Masa Son Officially Out Of Ideas, And So Will Launch A SPAC
The greatest financial performance artist in history has settled for the easy and derivative.
Masa Son’s Unicorns Were Actually Lemmings
The last year really could have gone somewhat better for SoftBank.
Large Investments In WeWork, Uber Apparently Bad For Business
Masa Son’s got bad news for the Saudis.
Wily Masa Son Made Damned Sure He Wouldn’t Have To Throw Away Another $3 Billion On WeWork
In his latest piece of financial performance art, Masa Son is getting sued by himself.
Masa Son To Sell Off Assets Amounting To SoftBank’s Entire Market Cap, Will Still Have A SoftBank Afterwards
This is some masterful put-up-or-shut-up stuff.
Masa Son Thinks $15 Billion May Actually Be Enough To Spend On $5 Billion Company
On second thought, SoftBank might not need the extra $3 billion in equity, thanks.
Federal Court Revives Long-Form Financial Performance Art Of Masa Son
He gets to sell Sprint and its $40 billion in debt and lives to do something else bizarre.
Masa Son's Masterwork Is A PowerPoint Presentation About WeWork That Will One Day Hang In The Louvre
One solitary slide in the WeWork autopsy report to SoftBank investors is a true encapsulation of the artist's soul.
Uber's Quarterly Results Likely Causing Masa Son To Experience A Confusing Tumescence
Public company valued at $53 narrows quarterly losses to just over $1 billion...and, yes, those words are "narrows" and "quarterly"
WeWork Is The Kind Of Investment That Would Have Appealed To 2016 Bill Ackman, Says 2019 Bill Ackman
In fact, Mr. Neri Oxman thinks the whole thing is worth roughly $0.
The Fall Of WeWork Has Destroyed The Last Pure Thing In Global Finance: Masayoshi Son's Profligate Whimsy
Seeing a hypothetical $40 billion go up in allegorical smoke is having an impact on the greatest living performance artist in finance.
Softbank Paying Adam Neumann $1.7 Billion To Just Please Stop Elevating The World's Consciousness
Masa Son remains clearly determined to make Neumann look like a transformative business genius.
Masayoshi Son Ready To Bring His Total Investment In WeWork To $15 Billion...At An $8 Billion Valuation, Because YOLO
SoftBank is ready to fix WeWork because co-dependent relationships are toxic.
Frankenstein Reportedly Nearing Deal To Rescue His Monster At A Sub-$8 Billion Valuation
SoftBank is ready to admit that it needs WeWork to survive.
WeWork Asking Jamie Dimon "Why Stop Now, Baby?"
What's left of We is hoping JPM will pony up $2 billion to keep the kombucha taps running, but that would almost certainly come with Dimon-strenght strings attached.
Adam Neumann Is Going To Need A New Workspace
Masa Son controls the WeWork board, and the guy who founded the company is about to see what that means.
WeWork Takes A More Holistic And Forward-Thinking View Of Its Consciousness Regarding The IPO Process
Translation: Masa Son pulled the plug on this thing last night because of course he did.
SoftBank And WeWork Have Some Kinky Thing Going And It's Weird To Watch
Get a room, you guys...WeKnow a place that charges by the month.