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Telecom service provider SoftBank Group Corp. (SFTBY), on Wednesday, announced that it would receive 48.75 million shares of T-Mobile US worth $7.6 billion at no additional cost.
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(Bloomberg) Masayoshi Son retreated almost completely from venture investing as his Vision Fund unit lost ¥6.9 trillion ($53 billion) in the last two years on startups like WeWork Inc., which just filed for bankruptcy. Now SoftBank Group Corp. founder is tip-toeing back into dealmaking after overhauling his strategy to make more modest, focused investments. Most Read from BloombergRockstar Plans to Announce Much Anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Tumbles by Most in More
Once valued at US$47 billion, WeWork’s plunge into bankruptcy damaged SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son his professional reputation far beyond the US$11.5 billion he lost in the co-working office space start-up.