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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son explains how all those deals fit together

Son outlines the strategy behind those deals and the company's planned $100 billion technology fund

SoftBank Masayoshi Son
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As founder of SoftBank Masayoshi Son seeks to accelerate his financing of cutting-edge technologies and startups. Photo: Reuters

Pavel Alpeyev | Bloomberg
Masayoshi Son has had a busy year even by the standards of Japan’s most prolific investor. On Thursday in Tokyo, he took time to explain how it all fits together.

In the past six months, SoftBank Group has invested in businesses ranging from ride sharing, co-working and robotics to agriculture, cancer detection and autonomous driving. The 59-year-old took the stage at SoftBank World, the company’s annual two-day event for customers and suppliers, to outline the strategy behind those deals and the company’s planned $100 billion technology fund.

In the span of two and a half hours, Son painted a picture of the