Gambling Man is the biography of one of the world’s least known but most consequential investors.
Japan’s Masayoshi Son has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1 trillion in the past two decades through his media-tech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, China’s internet colossus, before the world had heard about it; plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a wonder product; and financed hundreds of tech start-ups, fuelling the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen.
This book takes you on Son’s wild ride, from his birthplace in a Korean slum in post-war Japan to the modern-day temples of power. It speeds through Donald Trump’s golden skyscraper in Manhattan, the royal palaces of Riyadh and the throne rooms of China’s Marxist rulers; all places where Son has deployed his unique blend of financial engineering and crazy risk-taking.
Son’s story captures a 25 year-span of hyper-globalisation in which money, technologies and ideas flowed freely. From the launch of the microchip to the advent of artificial intelligence, he has ridden the technological wave which has created extraordinary wealth and economic change. His topsy-turvy business career is testimony to the power of optimism, daring to dream, ever in search of the Next Big Thing.
As an ethnic Korean in Japan, Son has overcome adversity and discrimination to become Japan’s best-known businessman and empire-builder but he remains an elusive, intensely private figure. This book, by a former editor of the Financial Times, contains a wealth of new information and has had the co-operation of many of the key participants, including Son himself. Written with a verve appropriate to its subject, Gambling Man reveals the man behind the money, what drives him, why he matters, and what he plans for his next act.
1 有用 李小饼 2025-08-13 21:34:32 美国
书名如其人,你说他纯靠运气蒙吧,人家是billionaire最终还是赚钱的。但你说他是投资大师吧,他的投资理念实在令人摸不着头脑,哪有人付出估值好几倍的价格投公司,听起来就很像赌博…但是能做出东西的人,肯定是有事情做对了。
0 有用 Yuchen 2024-12-23 20:36:44 美国
bymbrofeng
0 有用 Dtimemachine 2025-02-21 14:04:48 浙江
孙正义传记,写于孙正义和阿里巴巴都饱受质疑时期,读于孙正义和阿里巴巴都乘上人工智能东风再次出发时期。有一段的形容很妙,大意是:阿里巴巴是孙正义一生最美妙的魔咒,他的余生都将用来寻找下一个阿里巴巴。9/10
0 有用 心若无涯 2025-05-15 12:45:28 浙江
孙正义的投资哲学不是追求低估值,而是抓住市场潜在的成长股,不论价格。孙正义的角色不只是投资人,而是一个跨文化、跨市场的“中间人”。孙正义的投资策略不是稳健保守,而是像赌徒一样不断押注下一个大趋势。
0 有用 Eucalyptus2047 2025-10-18 14:26:00 广东
看的第三还是第四本孙正义传记了(还不算上他客串出现在别人传记里面),成功传记看得多,最后还是只有一个结论,一命二运三风水。22 岁被宣判只有几年可活,眼瞅着要肝硬化了,居然这样又死而复生过来直到今天。想到 Shameless 里 Frank 也是战胜病魔后仰天长啸,贼老天你干不死我