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Gambling Man : The Wild Ride of Japan's Masayoshi Son Paperback Book
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Extraordinary ... a privileged boardroomtable view of the gilded age of techutopianism Sunday TimesThe real story behind the mercurial Masayoshi Son, one of the worlds most consequential investors, who has three times lost and made tens of billions of dollarsJapans Masayoshi Son has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1 trillion in the past two decades through his mediatech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, Chinas internet colossus, before the world had heard about it plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a wonder product and financed hundreds of tech startups, fuelling the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen. This book takes you on Sons wild ride, from his birthplace in a Korean slum in postwar Japan to the modernday temples of power. It speeds through Donald Trumps golden skyscraper in Manhattan, the royal palaces of Riyadh and the throne rooms of Chinas Marxist rulers all places where Son has deployed his unique blend of financial engineering and crazy risktaking. Sons story captures a 25 yearspan of hyperglobalisation in which money, technologies and ideas flowed freely. From the launch of the microchip to the advent of artificial intelligence, he has ridden the technological wave which has created extraordinary wealth and economic change. His topsyturvy business career is testimony to the power of optimism, daring to dream, ever in search of the Next Big Thing. As an ethnic Korean in Japan, Son has overcome...
Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGB; Weight: 450 g; Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 26
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Extraordinary ... a privileged boardroomtable view of the gilded age of techutopianism Sunday TimesThe real story behind the mercurial Masayoshi Son, one of the worlds most consequential investors, who has three times lost and made tens of billions of dollarsJapans Masayoshi Son has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1 trillion in the past two decades through his mediatech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, Chinas internet colossus, before the world had heard about it plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a wonder product and financed hundreds of tech startups, fuelling the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen. This book takes you on Sons wild ride, from his birthplace in a Korean slum in postwar Japan to the modernday temples of power. It speeds through Donald Trumps golden skyscraper in Manhattan, the royal palaces of Riyadh and the throne rooms of Chinas Marxist rulers all places where Son has deployed his unique blend of financial engineering and crazy risktaking. Sons story captures a 25 yearspan of hyperglobalisation in which money, technologies and ideas flowed freely. From the launch of the microchip to the advent of artificial intelligence, he has ridden the technological wave which has created extraordinary wealth and economic change. His topsyturvy business career is testimony to the power of optimism, daring to dream, ever in search of the Next Big Thing. As an ethnic Korean in Japan, Son has overcome...
Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGB; Weight: 450 g; Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 26
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Lionel Barber
Gambling Man : The Wild Ride of Japan's Masayoshi Son Paperback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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