Masayoshi Son
I believe the continually advancing Information Revolution will lend us the wisdom and strength to address humanity's previously unsolvable problems and help us make a positive impact on all of society.Collection: Positive
People usually compare the computer to the head of the human being. I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom. And data is the knowledge.Collection: Knowledge
Money is available from investors as long as you have a great business model and a talented leader.Collection: Business
Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well.Collection: Wisdom
We believe the singularity is inevitable, and all businesses will be redefined as computers overtake humans in intelligence.Collection: Computers
Our aim is to develop affectionate robots that can make people smile.Collection: Smile
Every street light will be interconnected to the Internet because we can save when car is not passing. Automobile will all be connected, so driverless car much safer.Collection: Car
I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner. If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner.Collection: Intelligence
I'm still committed to the success of the U.K. and the belief of the strong intelligence and passion and determination of the British people. I'm a strong believer of their long-term historical success.Collection: Intelligence
Yahoo was Jerry Yang's baby. He did a great job creating the baby. Unfortunately, some of the key executives after the foundation of the company couldn't keep up with the technology innovation of the industry. They thought that Yahoo should become a media company.Collection: Technology
Think big; think disruptive. Execute with full passion.
It's a long journey. There will be good times, and there will be bad times, but SoftBank is always there.
Those who rule data will rule the entire world.
My belief is that we should never become overconfident.
If you live in the States, you see the windmill signal on your smartphone all the time. It's like living in Beijing air. You have to remember the blue sky.
God is so kind, he has given so much sunshine to India.
I don't care whether the technology is invented by our employees. I want to bring everybody's innovations into our ecosystem together.
We only live once, so I want to think big.
In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It's the same with investment.
There will come a time when the human race and super intelligence will coexist to create a richer and happier life.
Uber is redefining the transportation industry now; Airbnb is doing it to the hotel industry. You can expect that to happen in every single industry.
Just like I gave Jack Ma and Alibaba the luxury of staying private for longer, I am now giving Arm the gift of being private. My only message to them now is take my investment and let's go, go, go.
To have real success and roots in a society, there has to be a local champion, and hence we believe in identifying a local entrepreneur.
We are not experts on everything. We are not capable of doing everything by ourselves. There are a bunch of other smarter people around the world.
Most of the time, when I make a big move, people say I am out of my mind. But I don't think about how I can add to what I have today.
The energy in Silicon Valley is because of the very talented engineers immigrating from around the world, especially Indians and Chinese. They are the best engineers, and Japan doesn't have enough of them.
My style is to have a big vision, a big commitment.
Just believe in the future and direction of the capability that ARM has. Go deep and build a better future, both for the company and for its contribution to the industry. That's what I want ARM to do: invest more the future.
Some kind of correction will always happen. But it depends on the specific companies.
If I go to the department store, I get no excitement: I can buy the entire department store instead of one bag. So I lost excitement of shopping.
InMobi is not just an India-focused company, but it is a global player.
All human beings are the same. In the United States, people come from all over the world, all races, all backgrounds. And they're all doing what they want, many scoring huge successes. When I saw that, I became more open. It freed my soul.
I try to look in the future and think backwards. That is when I am at my most comfortable. Because then I am just like the movie, 'Back to the Future.'
If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster.
Japan had an energy crisis. I thought, instead of just worrying about it, I should take some kind of responsibility to provide the solutions.
The year 2000, I was the richest for three days. So I know up and down.
When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft.
I think I became an entrepreneur because I have my way of doing business... to do that, you have to have your own company. But if you have your own company, you're an outsider in the Japanese business world. It's difficult. But that's life.
I use the iPhone and iPad every day, and I no longer touch PCs at all.
I don't like accidental success. It's what Bill Gates calls 'random,' a term he uses with the opposite of respect.
A person's life is over in 50, 100 years. But a company lives on through the people it is composed of, and SoftBank group has to survive even after I'm gone.
Being educated in the United States gave me a good understanding of American culture. I think I got a lot of influence from the entrepreneurial mind in the United States.
I started Softbank in 1981, a year and a half after I came back from the United States, after graduating from Berkeley. I wanted to start my own company when I came back to Japan.
As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.
Wisdom and knowledge are the most valuable things in the body.
I'm the king of debt.
The best opportunity for return on investment is in the information revolution.
My original intent for investing into Sprint - the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we'd have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn't accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken.
The pension system ties you to companies much longer in Japan.
Traditional companies have to start looking into themselves to offer more opportunities in their companies by starting new subsidiaries and joint ventures.