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How Masayoshi Son Shaped the Tech Industry

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Laleh Khalili on Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank.

Paris Marx

April 24, 2025

Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., during the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority conference in Miami, Florida, on Friday, February 21, 2025. (Zak Bennett / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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How Masayoshi Son Shaped the Tech Industry w/ Laleh Khalili | Tech Won’t Save Us
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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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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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The Luddite Club is For Everyone w/ Amanda Hanna-McLeer & Lucy Jackson | Tech Won’t Save Us
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Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Hanna-McLeer and Lucy Jackson to discuss the story of The Luddite Club, from its beginnings as a high school organization to its pivot into a non-profit and growth into an international movement.

Amanda Hanna-McLeer is a writer, educator, and director of The Luddite Club documentary. Lucy Jackson is an early member of the Luddite Club.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.


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