Henry Hitchings

The rollercoaster ride of the world’s most reckless investor

The Korean-born Masayoshi Son – who lost $58.6 billion in 2000 – has a fascination with Napoleon, compares himself to Genghis Khan and is now reinventing himself as a futurist

Masayoshi Son. [Getty Images]
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