What is Softbank? | CNBC Explains

Japanese multinational conglomerate, Softbank is an investing powerhouse, investing in the likes Alibaba and Uber. CNBC's Uptin Saiidi travels to Tokyo to explain how it came to be so massive.
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[@frank4uever]

i am so proud of you son ...

[@candyfloss184]

And we are ashamed of your dad Osama bin laden.

[@user-em5kg2er7y]

Lol what?!

[@osamabinladen824]

Father, is that you? We miss you! 😞

[@radio3976]

Osama's last name is Bin laden. Your last name is Osama. Shouldn't your name be Osama Osama or Khan Bin Laden? 🤔🤔🤔😁

[@malvarmarakontobro]

I khan believe that

[@hkase3228]

I’m s Japanese and a senior at a Japanese college. And I went to hear the lecture by Son Masayosi as a recruitment event yesterday. That was just nothing but inspiring and motivating!!

[@didyoustealmyfood8729]

bruh are you using google translate. lmao

[@trollinape2697]

@@didyoustealmyfood8729 doubt it considering he made a typo

[@brahamwidjaja6387]

He's the craziest hedge fund gambler

[@JoaoPedro-gc8mw]

"SoftBank threatened to finance their rivals..." Dammit! Just chill, Mr. Iron SoftBank of Braavos

[@birame2008]

ahahhaha!!damnnn son

[@Ninja-pc3gd]

To be honest, This guy is the one who created Jack Ma.

[@sumlercorp8414]

Mid Yop I wouldn't go that far but he' def funded the early vision

[@Ninja-pc3gd]

No one trust Jack Ma vision that time. He is the only one who can see what Jack Ma's see in the future of Ecommerce. Without his 25 million dollar funding alibaba will go nowhere.

[@singhmaster4]

$25 Million to kick start Alibaba.com. What exactly was the money used for? Seems like a simple concept. I have known about Alibaba way before yahoo bought it. Give me some knowledge

[@Ninja-pc3gd]

Yahoo bought Alibaba? Are you kidding me? Simple google will help you to educate more about the company. Jerry Yang just invested in Alibaba for shares of the company. He never bought Alibaba, Jack Ma is still in control of all the shares of his company. Also Masayoshi Son introduced Jack Ma to Jerry Yang (Founder of Yahoo) and also the first investor of Yahoo is also Masayoshi Son (Founder of Softbank).

[@mahajanravish]

Mid Yop i dont agree i admit that he (softbank) put his money in alibaba but Jack ma worked super hard to turn alibaba into billion dollars firm. Respect Jack ma he made himself.

[@dylreesYT]

I've heard a lot about this company, I'm glad someone was here to finally give some explanation of what it does and why it is so influential. Thank you CNBC and Uptin Saiidi.

[@indraperdanayusuf6181]

Its like a modern day Berkshire hathaway

[@philippechevereau9818]

... take big tickets in loss making investments :-)

[@Inbal_Feuchtwanger]

Id call it an inverse of Berkshire. Softbank is basically a venture capitalist and tech conglomerate which invests in risky companies with poor balance sheets with the hope that some of them strike gold. BRK invests in established companies with strong cash flows erroring on the side of safety.

[@trilocicero4062]

^

[@leepialong]

thank you for your Saudi's money. Now.... it's gone!

[@sj1802]

It's the furthest thing possible from BH/Warren Buffet.

[@ruzzelladrian907]

I love the tech related videos CNBC posts. It's refreshing.

[@heytayo.g9730]

Same

[@funlif7370]

SoftBank invested in many Indian growing company, and happily mostly of them have shown high growth after investment by SoftBank

[@Hawktotalwar]

they force you to take their investment. If you reject their investment, they will simple invest your competitors. That is a really unethical way of performing business

[@arifgunawan9329]

@@Hawktotalwar nah, you're just jealous of softbank

[@sylvianblade75]

@@arifgunawan9329 Look at what happened to Uber. Softbank made sure to invest heavily in Uber's competitors in each country (Lyft, Ola, Didi) ultimately forcing the cash starved Uber to turn to Softbank. Now Softbank is a monopoly.

[@aliefr2984]

@@Hawktotalwar that's not wrong, if you can't invest company A, it doesn't meant you're forbidden by law or moral to invest Company B.

[@sachinramesh5490]

@@aliefr2984 so, if you owned a company and you don't want to share it with someone for some reason but you're being coerced into selling into that exact person. That's okay?

[@manjeetsinghmann3592]

Risks involved in every venture or adventure,,,, but Son and his team has been on the top reckoning. Thanks for your uploads. Great job, bless you.

[@UpperEchelon8]

He is really on a Tech craze, i mean how can he approve Wework's business model for investment. Its not even a tech company. What does Wework even mean the company's real name should be "We dont even work". LOL

[@iphigeniaaz]

THEROCKER8 so embarrassing

[@blue280485]

Please do a #CNBCExplains video about : How/Why #DJI dominates the global #drone industry? I'm a fan of the CNBC Explains series, you guys give a to the point analytical explaination about each topic and it's interesting to watch! Learn something new every time I watch this series! Keep up the good work :)

[@huben92]

Soon softbank will change name to umbrella corporation

[@lanzortiz3199]

Nope, that's for the conglomerate tencent. The Forbes magazine name it as the most valuable asian company. The 1st asian company to break that 500 billion monthly cap. They got investment all over the world. from AI, software, social media, entertainment, health care, hard ware, transport, robotics, banks, sports, real estate, defense, travel, advertising, too many more.

[@alexk5631]

@@lanzortiz3199 resident evil? Do u know?

[@lanzortiz3199]

@@alexk5631 of course i know. It is the biggest corporation in the world based on the storyline. They have influence in every country. Iol i was just stating if any corporations in asia has potential to be next umbrella corporation? then that's tencent. Research on how big and powerful they are compared to softbank.

[@sagar_bro]

Hey Team! This was amazing, i always keep an eye on CNBC channel and with no second thought, i have find all the videos really interesting. I recommend to make alike video on temasek. Keep Going guys! Cheers for Masayoshi Son :)

[@leanh358]

Thank CNBC for your detailed explanation

[@christophmagnussen]

... and the company with a 300 year vision! Thanks for the great insights. Are there any more good videos on the early years of Softbank you can recommend?

[@bossxian3037]

There is one by Coldfusion.

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

I thought they invest on Sprint

[@minhnguyennhat5112]

This comment did not age well

[@PrasadCPerera]

Your topics are really interesting.I love to watch your videos .Keep discussing good topics.

[@r3yuk682]

SoftBank should invest in Hentai series.

[@vishaldora8803]

You're a man of culture !!

[@yasirchoudhary824]

your all videos are informative I'm regular viewer

[@haridasification]

Superb investor, hatsoff

[@RAD1SHARIF]

The immense power firms like these have is frightening to say the least, literally more powerful than governments.

[@j.westbestoftherest9102]

No. The Chinese government Shows the weakness of softbank

[@hachimanhikigaya2339]

1:15 that dab

[@harshavardhangunupuru2434]

Sir, I really love your videos. Do on more intersting tech related companies right now uprising too sir.

[@voranartsirisubsoontorn9010]

Great presentation you are.

[@Peichen01]

Good setup if he became a super villain. No super villain controls 100 of the biggest tech firms yet

[@TheRajarancho]

What a visionary, to get that kind of returns..mind blowing..

[@prinxegupta]

Great content!

[@rizkyrakhmat1]

Masayoshi must be the proudest father in Japan.

[@andreasjanen6617]

I am long Softbank ...Like Masa very much ..how he not gave up after loosing 99 percent of his wealth ...big big example for me ..greetings from Germany

[@mrnobody-cf6il]

He is the Warren Buffett of Japan and the future. The real Warren Buffett have no guts investing in technology or start up like Alibaba. In a peace world, technology is the future.

[@abhayshirole2824]

It's not about guts. It is about what you know and what you don't. Besides, Buffet own 5% of Apple.

[@vubaoanh1997]

Buffett doesn´t invest in companies he doesn´t understand, he is an old man so technology is not for him. I´m sure he understands about companies better than you

[@leepialong]

@@vubaoanh1997 yeah! Maza Son is not stupid by paying Neuman $1.7B to leave Wework and putting additonal $10B because they made no profit and ran out of money.

[@uminhtetoo]

Congratulations!🎉🎊🎈🍾 WOW to me.!

[@dunggg]

Well let’s see if they can recoup the we work investment

[@danielng7795]

Yesss 🤣🤣

[@stephenwest2]

30 billion dollars. Ouch.

[@DeokHyoPark]

possibly with coupang have to wait until IPO goes public

[@b.h500]

"You better take my money"

[@Newtorin]

Wow! Never heard of them!

[@KeithMetoyer]

Whew Gazprom at 40?! Wow it's really falling from grace!

[@Chidulo]

He graduated with a BA in Economics What was his average? Y’all want my average everytime I apply for work or anything I want to do in business

[@ekichandra]

Damn Japan, you are humble yet grab the world continuosly

[@satheesshanmugaraja9580]

Can you please do a video on current economy in Sri Lanka and what is possibly ahead in fire for Sri Lanka and it’s people in business sector.

[@josefinschwartz8309]

SOOOFTBANK! Finally!!!!! My favorite

[@2012bluebird]

josefin schwartz Soft bank is actually fruad , the first bucket of gold many People don't know for masayoshi son is from running a whorehouse . Lol He has now put much money in lots of Chinese enterprises such as alibaba，didichuxing etc and conducting intelligence gathering to China as well

[@scarletcrusade77]

Shut up Shuo, you're just jealous your neighbors in Japan are more original than the Chinese since they can actually come up with unique ideas without stealing them from western companies. Stay jealous.

[@hardrock342]

@James Franko not only US but india as well. Every large start up in india is created by this guy

[@hugol648]

“ When we were rich . . . Ahhhhhh“ - April 2020 😿😢😭

[@josefinschwartz8309]

@@hugol648 Hahah. 300 year vision dont worry. ;) ;)

[@vignesharavind-3191]

Please do more info videos reg., Japan economy

[@raja03able]

It's like a major portion of our day to day spending is filling Soft bank's pocket.

[@shrinivasshinde2236]

Worthful person

[@chansaicommerce1721]

AMAZING !!!!!!!!!

[@manosk1705]

Amazing topline video, a good starting point for someone who would like to dig deeper in this magnificent entrepreneur. Too much credit indeed but that’s the cheapest mode of expanding and growing big businesses, that’s the name of the game of the ULTRA RICH. LEVERAGE.

[@hcpeng2893]

WeWork busted softbank $7B. So much for VISION

[@fitrianhidayat]

During the dot com buble burst, he lost far more than that overnight.

[@shivrajnag12]

60B - 7B = 53B still left to be cheated...Lets build a startup guys...

[@theallseeingeye9388]

You need to understand how it works. Its betting for the rich but with far better odds. It can afford to bet on 10 tech start ups and only needs 1 to make it like Uber. The returns on the investmebt and the earnings as a shareholder is enough for them to laugh off the other 9 that failed.

[@MrShamsiyah]

I give CNBC a C- for it's researching skills (or lack thereof).

[@alfa77qwx13]

why? its good video?

[@mamacordella]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[@NishatShahriyar]

They are going for the future tech market! COOL!

[@tanvirmahtab5931]

1.17 the guy behind dabbing 😂

[@oopsies4321]

Great

[@iriemonmon]

I'm a Computer Engineering student! I aspire to work in their Robotics division - even if it's just an internship

[@josefinschwartz8309]

One thing I don't understand though is witch measurements those Forbes use when they say largest companies? They say softbank is above Amazon but Amazons market cap makes it the second biggest company after apple that's number 1 in the entire world... on Forbes list apple was on number 9. They do not go for market cap so what's there measuremen?.., revenue? Market share? Growth? How do they combine all this when they rank so called largest companies? Confused

[@CNBCi]

Good question! It's a mix of four metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value.

[@josefinschwartz8309]

CNBC International. Alright thanks!

[@jaytee7786]

CNBC International amazon is still far ahead of the on all the metrics u are mentioning maybe except for profit

[@ttrieds8023]

@@winstonwei9694 i think because apple not only sell the hardware but also the software.

[@hollyyates554]

@@winstonwei9694 Apple makes $40 B profit a year

[@user-mf2bh2ig5k]

Masayoshi Son is of Korean descent. His original name is Jeong-ui Son. He naturalized and became a Japanese citizen in order to continue his business in Japan.

[@Atipat12]

Great article 😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@AndyHuangTW]

This is so fun to watch after SoftBank got into trouble with a bunch of nonsense investment.

[@skiran69]

They recovered overnight man. Softbank reported record profits this year.

[@shaf.]

We work for sure

[@ronaldmoirangthem3598]

Full length ads i cant skip

[@sharadsharma1103]

Make a video on ARM

[@luisericlopezfernandez256]

What are the chaebols (South Korean conglomerates)

[@muscleman6750]

Son Heung Min brought me here 😍❤

[@NelsonRebelo123]

Isn't anyone worried about the monopoly being created??

[@karljo8064]

sooner or later, he will devour the whole world.

[@raja03able]

True that. This guy has his business across industries & length and breadth of the world.

[@raja03able]

The irony is, two major service provider of the same industry has his investments into their businesses. Meaning, the money you shell out will land in his pocket.

[@IndependentMedia]

@@raja03able specially the logistics.

[@hugsica]

No way, Its supported by 100 company

[@johnbiavati4566]

This story held up well #weworked

[@joeyzo9106]

I love this channel but would love to see various reporters. Gah1

[@aaalife6457]

I love his personality and fierce business strategies ~love from India

[@chaitanyadevale3665]

Grt video...!!!

[@verycasul]

then only thing i know about SoftBank is their adorable dogo mascot!

[@tsutomucolares1231]

Otousan!!!!

[@luisericlopezfernandez256]

What are the japanese Keiretsu?

[@patelmiki]

SoftBank is funding startup and competitors, like ride sharing companies Uber and OLA they have invested in both them . If one of them succeeds they will get good share as returns are too big if startup succeeds.

[@koyadharmik3287]

how do you people do such a elaborated research? what are your sources of info? bcoz even i would like read such info. but most of the times I just end up on some webpage full of adds

[@dwchen1]

One more interesting thing is Mayasoshi Son is the son of a Korean imigrant. In fact the richest Japanese is not even Japanese by ethic background.

[@Rossproperty]

He is super smart

[@mohammedrashid2906]

Nice

[@user-hw6fj2xk2r]

He is the second richest man in Japan. First is the president of UNIQLO.

[@hpd633]

Homeboy is wear'n tub socks at 4:02 when signing a deal.

[@ronit.pereira7172]

One day... it will blow up! 😊

[@TheMadisonHang]

sounds like an active version of Dow Industrial Corp or S&P

[@chansaicommerce1721]

AWESOME +++++++++++

[@pandaburrito5162]

What is huawei? CNBC explain + why logo is same?

[@johnconnor3246]

I would rather have a Japanese company like SoftBank be all influential and powerful than a Chinese company anytime.

[@precipice65]

i can say the same about american companies.

[@johnconnor3246]

Zen News I was just thinking on the background of ethical and moral values both country holds in this era.

[@matthewisthebest]

connor john Son is Korean and has connections to the yakuza and North Korea.

[@haridasification]

connor john correct

[@newproblemsolving]

Navi 8888 People are scared of Nazism of course, Nazi Germany was a malice force and people fear them, history repeats.

[@nave200]

2:27 yeah... softbank even invest in tokopedia that are on my country

[@blue280485]

SoftBank is the 21st century version of Berkshire Hathaway!

[@masterofbaters]

They used to be my cellphone company!

[@GameFuMaster]

0:52 guy's like "someone call my waifu?"

[@miriareu]

I remember Softbank because of the white doggo advertisements in Japan.

[@DmSujaEntrepren]

Soft bank goes hard

[@wave9303]

wow..

[@Atipat12]

Great & Cool Video 😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@alalducente]

they own sprint

[@nathanwatches]

I know Softbank, it's from those funny Japanese commercials.

[@NPJGlobal]

Pepper is a french Robot designed by french company Aldebaran Robotics...

[@HariWisak]

Elon who? Seriously, this Masayoshi guy is the real deal.

[@verifeli]

Elon weeb.

[@blaquiere141]

Can't wait for ARM IPO

[@KeithMetoyer]

Well since I already mentioned it, do one on Gazprom!

[@Prince_Sidon]

Sprint is owned by Softbank

[@chansaicommerce1721]

COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sreehariedathil4868]

Pls do a video on Mukesh Ambani Richest man in India and his conglomerate....

[@ddeine_]

Funny seeing Amazon down there

[@AlexVoxel]

There is a ton of debt involved, Son is making the same mistake he made during the dot-com bubble (he was the richest man of the world for few days and risked going bakrupt shortly after)

[@haridasification]

Alex Voxel, Son is investing his excess money into useful products

[@agi1013]

He and the fund are here to stay. This is NOT the tech bubble anymore...

[@hugonongbri8100]

didn't he lose like 70bn at that time ??

[@abz998]

Hugo Nongbri everyone else did as well.

[@renzlopez3833]

That’s what entrepreneur are made of. Taking risks to provide a better solution for the mass

[@SushmitWali]

This bank is a economic-political heavy weight & has now got Toe hold in India. Indian companies got better ratings, profits after they took investments from SoftBank.

[@bhaskarpande9434]

how about a segment on 3M?

[@frankenriquez5943]

Softbank also owns 70% of Sprint Corp.

[@kapilr.4768]

He basically wants to own , the the tech scenario in the next 10-15 years . Ambitious , and he might even pull it off.

[@arifgunawan9329]

not 10-15 years but the next 300 years

[@markmomoh9749]

Basically the Japanese Tencent