How Masayoshi Son Shaped the Tech Industry
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Laleh Khalili on Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank.
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How Masayoshi Son Shaped the Tech Industry w/ Laleh Khalili | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, the structural factors that allowed him to build an empire, and the many ways he’s shaped the modern tech industry.
Laleh Khalili is Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade and her forthcoming book Extractive Capitalism.
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Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority conference in Miami, Florida, US, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.
(Zak Bennett / Bloomberg via Getty Images)On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, I’m joined by Laleh Khalili to discuss SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, the structural factors that allowed him to build an empire, and the many ways he’s shaped the modern tech industry.
Laleh Khalili is a professor of Gulf studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade and her forthcoming book Extractive Capitalism.
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