Teflon Son? How Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son’s legend keeps growing

On today’s episode, host Josh Christensen is joined by ‘Fast Company’ associate editor David Salazar to help break down the latest news in the world of business and innovation, including the fallout from DeepSeek’s LLM launch, the backtracked federal funding freeze, and the rising price of eggs. (01:02) Next, Yasmin Gagne interviews Lionel Barber, former editor of the ‘Financial Times,’ about his new book, a biography of Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son: ‘Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan’s Masayoshi Son.’ They discuss Son’s biggest wins, even bigger losses, and the recently announced $500 billion AI infrastructure project alongside OpenAI and Oracle called Stargate. (06:54) Then, ‘Fast Company’ editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan discusses the reaction at Davos to President Trump’s inauguration. (37:40) For more of the latest business and innovation news go to Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan’s Masayoshi Son: Be sure to

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Teflon Son? How Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son’s legend keeps growing is an episode from World Changing Ideas.

This episode is 60:17 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2025.

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