SoftBank

With its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, SoftBank Group Corp. is a Japanese multinational holding company with a concentration on investment management. The Group typically invests in technology-related businesses that provide products and services to clients across a variety of markets and sectors, from the internet to automation. The largest technology-focused venture capital fund in the world at its founding, SoftBank's Vision Fund had over $100 billion in capital. Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds were among the investors in the fund.

The corporation is renowned for the management style of Masayoshi Son, its contentious founder and main shareholder. Several unprofitable unicorns are among its investee companies, subsidiaries, and divisions, which work in robotics, artificial intelligence, logistics, transportation, proptech, real estate, hospitality, broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, information technology, finance, and media, etc.

SoftBank's market capitalization as of April 2023 is $62.29 billion. By market cap, this places SoftBank as the 241st most valuable corporation in the world. The most recent financial reports from SoftBank indicate that the company's current revenue (TTM) is $49.04 billion. The corporation generated $54.21 billion in revenue in 2021, an increase from $32.50 billion in revenue in 2020.

Founded: 3 September 1981
Headquarters: Tokyo PortCity Takeshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Website: group.softbank