Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the Worlds Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son

The former editor of the Financial Times delivers, with literary flair and stunning revelations (Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize winner), the unputdownable first Western biography of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, financial disruptor and personification of the 21st centurys addiction to instant wealth.As Wall Street swooned and boomed through the last decade, our livelihoods havenow more than evercome to rely upon the good sense and risk appetites of a few standout investors. And amidst the BlackRocks, Vanguards, and Berkshire Hathaways stands arguably the most iconoclastic of them all: SoftBanks Masayoshi Son.In this meticulously researched, balance, thoroughly readable (Booklist, starred review) biography, we go behind the scenes of the worlds most monied halls of power in New York, Tokyo, Silicon Valley, Saudi Arabia, and beyond to see how Sons firm SoftBank has defied conventional wisdom and imposing odds to push global tech and commerce into the future.From the dizzying highs of Uber, DoorDash, and Slack to the epic lows of WeWork and techinfused dogwalking app Wag, Son and SoftBank have been at the center of cuttingedge capitalisms absolute peaks and valleys. In the process, Son, son of a pachinko kingpin who grew up in a slum in Japan, has been a hero, a villain, and even a memeified hero to the internet tech and financebro set all at once.Based on indepth research and eyeopening interviews, Gambling Man is not only a firstrate biography of an elusive billionaire (Bloomberg), its also an alarming true story of 21stcentury commerce that will stick with you long after you turn the final page.