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Aggressive AI push — leads OpenAI's ~$40B round, holds a $19B/40% Stargate stake, and (via SoftBank) owns 87.1% of Arm — all atop ~71.36% voting control of SoftBank (29.14% economic). Personal net worth briefly peaked at $100.7B (2-Jun-2026, Forbes Real-Time, momentarily Asia's richest) on the AI-stock run before slipping back days later; over a third of his personal SoftBank shares are pledged as loan collateral.
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- Wikipedia — Masayoshi Son net worth reached $100.7 billion on Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, 2 June 2026, briefly making him 'Asia's richest person'; slipped back behind Mukesh Ambani and Adani by 4 June 2026 as market enthusiasm cooled
- Wikipedia — Stargate LLC SoftBank $19B / 40% Stargate commitment (of $500B target by 2029)
- Wikipedia — SoftBank Group Masayoshi Son 71.36% voting (29.14% economic) of SoftBank Group
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Aggressive AI push — leads OpenAI's ~$40B round, holds a $19B/40% Stargate stake, and (via SoftBank) owns 87.1% of Arm — all atop ~71.36% voting control of SoftBank (29.14% economic). Personal net worth briefly peaked at $100.7B (2-Jun-2026, Forbes Real-Time, momentarily Asia's richest) on the AI-stock run before slipping back days later; over a third of his personal SoftBank shares are pledged as loan collateral.
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