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. Masayoshi Son Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Just believe in the future and direction of the capability that ARM has. Go deep and build a better future, both for the company and for its contribution to the industry. That’s what I want ARM to do: invest more the future. Masayoshi Son Read Quote
The best opportunity for return on investment is in the information revolution. Masayoshi Son Read Quote
My original intent for investing into Sprint – the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we’d have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn’t accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken. Masayoshi Son Read Quote
If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster. Masayoshi Son Read Quote
The energy in Silicon Valley is because of the very talented engineers immigrating from around the world, especially Indians and Chinese. They are the best engineers, and Japan doesn’t have enough of them. Masayoshi Son Read Quote
Traditional companies have to start looking into themselves to offer more opportunities in their companies by starting new subsidiaries and joint ventures. Masayoshi Son Read Quote
