SoftBank Group

Overview

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• Ticker9984 on Tokyo Stock Exchange¹
• IndustryInternational Standard Industrial Classification, information technology, telecommunications, telecommunications industry¹
• HeadquartersMinato¹
• Websitegroup.softbank
• Legal formkabushiki gaisha¹

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SoftBank Group Corp. (ソフトバンクグループ株式会社, SofutoBanku Gurūpu Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management. The group primarily invests in companies operating in technology that offer goods and services to customers in a multitude of markets and industries ranging from the internet to automation. With over $100 billion in capital at its onset, SoftBank's Vision Fund is the world's largest technology-focused venture capital fund. Fund investors included sovereign wealth funds from countries in the Middle East.²

The story

Founded by Masayoshi Son on Sep 3, 1981.¹

Leadership

Who has led SoftBank Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderMasayoshi Son¹
• Chief executive officerKentarō Kawabe Jan 1, 2020 to Jan 1, 2024¹
• Chief executive officerMasayoshi Son¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

• Masayoshi Son 29%
• The Master Trust Bank of Japan 19.1%
• Custody Bank of Japan 7.5%
• Japan Trustee Services Bank 5.9%
• JPMorgan Chase 1.9%

Subsidiaries

• A Holdings Corporation
• B Holdings Corporation
• CloudMinds
• Cyber University
• Cybertrust
• Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
• GameBank Corp.
• HAPSMobile
• IDC Frontier
• ITmedia
• LINE Financial
• LINE Financial Taiwan
• LINE Pay Taiwan
• Odds Park
• PayPay
• PayPay Card Corporation
• PayPay Securities Corporation
• Realize Mobile Communications
• SB C&S
• SB Creative
• SB Group US
• SB Human Capital
• SB Media Holdings
• SB New Coronavirus Testing Center

Also owns

• InMobi 45%
• Yahoo Japan 43% since Jan 31, 1996
• Renren 42.9%
• AutoStore 40%
• Alibaba Group 29.5%
• Book Off 15.1%
• Kahoot! 13.5%
• Oda 13%
• Deutsche Telekom 4.5%
• T-Mobile US 3.3%
• Paytm
• SoftBank

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. Jul 2020Denen became a subsidiary¹
2. Nov 2018SoftBank Mobile became a subsidiary¹
3. Dec 27, 2017Acquired Fortress Investment Group¹
4. 2017Boston Dynamics became a subsidiary¹
5. Sep 5, 2016Arm Holdings became a subsidiary¹
6. Jan 30, 2014Brightstar Corporation became a subsidiary¹
7. Aug 2013Acquired Supercell¹
8. Jul 11, 2013Sprint Corporation became a subsidiary¹
9. Jan 1, 2013Ymobile Corporation became a subsidiary¹
10. Jan 31, 1996Acquired Yahoo Japan¹

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

• 20189.2T JPY¹
• 20178.9T JPY¹
• 20168.9T JPY¹
• 20158.5T JPY¹
• 20146.7T JPY¹
• 20133.2T JPY¹

Net income

• 20181.2T JPY¹
• 20171.5T JPY¹
• 2016558.2B JPY¹
• 2015668.4B JPY¹
• 2014520.2B JPY¹
• 2013372.5B JPY¹

Timeline

1. Jan 1, 2020New chief executive Kentarō Kawabe becomes CEO¹
2. Sep 3, 1981Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitegroup.softbank¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/SoftBankTeamJPN¹
• YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCamllJQ7YaqaDNMCWgonj2w¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/softbankgroup¹
• WikipediaSoftBank Group
• WikidataQ201653