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Wikipedia says Alibaba was their big win. And then they convinced the Saudis to let them bet with Saudi money. They also have decent net income trends:

https://companiesmarketcap.com/softbank/earnings/

Either way, seems like enough of their bets work out, so far.

https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/softbanks-alibaba-al...