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07 Softbank
¥ 9.602,236trn ( 2018 )
It ’ s likely fair to say Softbank is more famous for its activities outside telecommunications than for its Softbank Mobile division . Via its $ 100bn venture capital Vision Fund and other methods it has invested in the likes of runaway success Alibaba and the more ill-fated WeWork . It is also the owner of US Telecommunications company Sprint . The company was founded in 1981 by Masoyashi Son as a computer parts store . He remains the CEO .
Masayoshi Son , Chairman & CEO
76,866
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
HQ TOKYO , JAPAN DECEMBER 2019