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by eric_b 2438 days ago
I mean... Masayoshi Son must be one of the worst investors in history, at least in terms of absolute losses. That guy loses more money than anyone.

Lost 70B during the dot com crash. Writing down billions in 2019 on Uber and WeWork. I know a few folks that worked at other companies he/Vision Fund invested in. One received $200M and they had no idea what to do with it. They spent it on headcount, which isn't the smartest when you don't know what direction to go. That investment will never see a positive return.

Anyways, other than Alibaba, does Masa have any other big wins?

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Yes, he also made money on Yahoo! and SoftBank.