Aiming High

Masayoshi Son is the most powerful person in Silicon Valley. As CEO and founder of the Japanese investment firm, SoftBank, he has invested money in some of the biggest companies in recent years - WeWork, Uber, Sprint, Slack, Opendoor and many others. Prior to that, he was known as one of the first investors in Alibaba and Yahoo!Granted unprecedented access to Son, including exclusive interviews, the author draws on his a wealth of information to create an authoritative, compelling narrative account of how SoftBank and it's visionary and charismatic CEO is shaping the future of tech. By continuously realizing his aspirations, he has made SoftBank into a multibillion dollar enterprise. He attributes his success to making decisions with extraordinary speed and by leveraging his friendships with innovators, including his close friend Steve Jobs.Aiming High is the first biography of Masayoshi Son, charting his rise from a Korean immigrant who dropped out of school to becoming one of the wealthiest people in the world.