Wednesday 2 October 2024
07:45
Lionel Barber
Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan's Masayoshi Son
Japan’s Masayoshi Son has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1trn in the past two decades through his media-tech giant, SoftBank. Lionel takes us on Masa’s wild ride, from his birthplace in a Korean slum in post-war Japan to the modern-day temples of power. He reveals the man behind the money, what drives him, why he matters, and what he plans for his next act.
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Lionel was editor of the Financial Times from 2005 to January 2020. He has co-written several books and has lectured widely on foreign policy, transatlantic relations, European security and monetary union in the US and Europe and appears regularly on TV and radio around the world. He is the author of ‘The Powerful and the Damned’, Chairman of the Wincott Foundation and trustee of Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Author, broadcaster and lecturer
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Lionel was editor of the Financial Times from 2005 to January 2020. He has co-written several books and has lectured widely on foreign policy, transatlantic relations, European security and monetary union in the US and Europe and appears regularly on TV and radio around the world. He is the author of ‘The Powerful and the Damned’, Chairman of the Wincott Foundation and trustee of Carnegie Corporation of New York.
