Masayoshi Son

Person · Open Library

Born

1957

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Origin

United States

Active from

1994

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing

   · 2012 · cited 24,112x

2. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,443x

3. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,814x

4. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,084x

5. Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

   · 2012 · cited 6,604x

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Quotes

• “It has been 200,000 years since the birth of humans. Unlike other species, we invented tools and technologies that drove progress. Until now, the evolution of humanity has been driven by our own hands. Every now and then, geniuses such as Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein emerged, sparking new ways of thinking and driving the evolution of humanity.”
• “When I first started the company, I only had two part-time workers and a small office. I got two apple boxes, and I stood up on them in the morning as if I was giving a speech. In a loud voice, I said to my two workers, “You guys have to listen to me because I am the president of this company.” I said, “In five years, I’m going to have $75 million in sales. In five years, I will be supplying 1,000 dealer outlets, and we’ll be number one in PC software distribution.” And I said it very loudly.”
• “People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge.”
• “The brain is more valuable than the skull. But everybody has a brain. Inside the brain are wisdom and knowledge. Wisdom and knowledge are the most valuable things in the body. I want to be number one in the business of supplying wisdom and knowledge all over Japan. But the knowledge industry is too big, too wide.”
• “I think I became an entrepreneur because I have my way of doing business. Especially for high-tech ventures, there are no footprints left by anyone else. You have to think and act as you think. To do that, you have to have your own company. But if you have your own company, you’re an outsider in the Japanese business world. It’s difficult. But that’s life.”
• “Here we have white collar and blue collar. I said a new collar will start: that is metal collar. That metal collar will not only replace most of the blue collar jobs, but many of the white collar jobs. So when they become so smart and the muscles to move, what is the definition of what mankind’s job should be? What should we do if they replace many of our jobs? What is the value of our lives? We have to think once more, deeply.”

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Key facts

Born

Masayoshi Yasumoto , ( 1957-08-11 ) 11 August 1957 (age 68) , Tosu, Saga , Japan

Other name

Son Jeong-ui

Education

University of California, Berkeley ( BA )

Occupations

Entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist

Known for

Founder of Softbank Group

Title

Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Chairman of Arm Holdings Chairman of Stargate LLC

Spouse

Masami Ohno ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 ) ​

Kanji

孫 正義

Romanization

Son Masayoshi

Hangul

손정의

Rr

Son Jeongui

Mr

Son Chŏngŭi

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Wikidata facts

Image

Masayoshi Son (P066533-522034, cropped).jpg

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