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Aiming High: Masayoshi Son, SoftBank, and Disrupting Silicon Valley
(Hardback)
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Paperback
Published: 30th November 2021
Hardback
Published: 22nd February 2022
Paperback
Published: 11th July 2023
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Aiming High: Masayoshi Son, SoftBank, and Disrupting Silicon Valley
Contributors:
By (Author) Atsuo Inoue
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date:
22nd February 2022
UK Publication Date:
18th November 2021
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Business studies: general
Information technology industries
Dewey:
332.645
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
352
Dimensions:
Width 160mm, Height 238mm, Spine 38mm
Weight:
560g
Description
__________
*Picked by the Financial Times as a Best Read of 2021*'Impressive and inspiring' Financial Times 'I have no intention of making small bets' - Masayoshi SonIn order to understand what's happening in Silicon Valley, you just need to look at Masayoshi Son. __________There is no one in the world right now who is in a better position to influence the next wave of technology than Masayoshi Son. Not Jeff Bezos, not Mark Zuckerberg, not Elon Musk. They might have the money, but they lack Masa's combination of ambition, imagination, and nerve. Masayoshi Son is the most powerful person in Silicon Valley. As CEO and founder of the Japanese investment firm, SoftBank Group, 'Masa' has invested in some of the most exciting and influential tech companies in recent memory - Uber, WeWork, ByteDance, and many others. Prior to that, he was known as one of the first investors in Alibaba and Yahoo!He has an audacious vision for the future and one that is unmatched in the tech industry. Aiming High provides insight into this charismatic and visionary leader. Originally published in Japan, this book charts Son's rise from a Korean immigrant who left Japan at 16 to becoming one of the wealthiest people in the world. With unprecedented access to Son, including exclusive interviews, this book creates an authoritative account of how SoftBank Group and it's visionary and charismatic CEO is shaping the future of tech. __________Author Bio
Atsuo Inoue is a writer and translator from Japan. He is the author of mny books, including Recollections of Mariyln Monroe. In 2012, he published Aiming High, the biography of Masayoshi Son, which became a bestseller in Japan.
