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Free but LEVERED at both levels — 71.36% voting control lets him deploy SoftBank's capital at will, but personal debt owed to SoftBank itself (~$5.1B, Feb-2023) plus over a third of his personal shares pledged as collateral mean a SoftBank stock-price shock hits Son personally (margin calls), not just the corporate balance sheet. Control level: near-total voting control, materially constrained by personal leverage.
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- Wikipedia — SoftBank Group Masayoshi Son 71.36% voting (29.14% economic)
- Wikipedia — Masayoshi Son over a third of shares pledged as collateral for margin loans; personal debt to SoftBank totaled $5.1B (Feb 2023)
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