Myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You are clearly one of the worlds most Successful Technology investors and one of the worlds most successful businessmen. Let me start by asking you about a fund that you are now raising, the vision fund. It is supposed to be a fund of 100 billion . Masayoshi yes. David now that would be the biggest fund ever raised. So, when you told people you were going to raise a 100 billion fund, did they tell you were a little bit crazy . Masayoshi some people said. [laughter] david you had a meeting with the man who was the deputy crown prince of saudi arabia, who is now the crown prince of saudi arabia. As i understand the story, you went in and in one hour you convinced him to invest 45 billion. Masayoshi no, no, it is not true. David ok. [laughter] masayoshi 45 minutes, 45 billion. [laughte
Journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i had a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody take tick . You are clearly one of the worlds most Successful Technology investors and businessmen. Let me ask you about a fund you are raising, a division fund. It is supposed to be a fund of 100 billion . Masayoshi yes. David that would be the biggest fund ever raised. Did people tell you you were crazy . Masayoshi some people said. [laughter] david you had a meeting with the deputy crown prince of saudi arabia, who is now the crown prince. In one hourand convinced him to invest 45 billion. 45 minutes, 45 billion. [laughter] david i apologize. Masayoshi 1 billion per minute. [laughter] david what could you have said that was so persuasive . Masayoshi i said, you came to tokyo as the first man, i want to give you a gift. , a 1 to give you a gift trilli
All right. David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i had a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You are clearly one of the worlds most Successful Technology investors and businessmen. Let me ask you about a fund you are now raising, the vision fund. It is supposed to be a fund of 100 billion . Masayoshi yes. David that would be the biggest fund ever raised. When you told people you were 100 to raise a on billion fund, the people say you were crazy . Masayoshi some people said. [laughter] david you had a meeting with the deputy crown prince of saudi arabia, who is now the crown prince of saudi arabia. As i understand you went in and , in one hour convinced him to invest 45 billion. Masayoshi 45 minutes, 45 billion. [laughter] david sorry, i apologize. Masayoshi 1 billion per minute. [laughter] da
Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i had a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You are clearly one of the worlds most Successful Technology investors and businessmen. Let me start by asking about a fund you are now raising, the division fund. It is supposed to be a fund of 100 billion . Masayoshi yes. David that would be the biggest fund ever raised. When you told people that you were going to raise a 100 billion fund, the date did they tell you you were crazy . Masayoshi some people said. [laughter] david you had a meeting with the deputy crown prince of saudi arabia, who is now the crown prince. As i understand the story, you went in, and in one hour, you convinced him to invest 45 billion. Ok . Masayoshi 45 minutes, 45 billion. [laughter] david ok, i apologize. Masayoshi 1 billion per minute. [laughter] david what could you have sai
Just leave it this way. All right. David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i had a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You are clearly one of the worlds most Successful Technology investors and businessmen. Let me ask you about a fund you are now raising, the vision fund. It is supposed to be a fund of 100 billion . Masayoshi yes. David that would be the biggest fund ever raised. When you told people you were going to raise a 100 billion fund, the people say you were crazy . Masayoshi some people said. [laughter] david you had a meeting with the deputy crown prince of saudi arabia, who is now the crown prince of saudi arabia. As i understand, you went in and in one hour convinced him to invest 45 billion. Masayoshi 45 minutes, 45 billion. [laughter] david sorry, i apologize. Masayoshi 1 billion