Asset Management

Gambling man: The wild ride of Japan’s Masayoshi Son

Former Financial Times editor Lionel Barber tells the story of a maverick investor, without sparing his dark side

Son’s colourful history reveals his genius and his flaws
Son’s colourful history reveals his genius and his flaws Photo: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images

Is Masayoshi Son a hero or villain? That’s the question that has vexed watchers of the SoftBank boss for decades.

A new book by former Financial Times editor Lionel Barber, Gambling Man, does well to marshal evidence for the former. But it does even better not to ignore the case for the latter.

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