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Gambling Man: The Wild Ride of Japan’s Masayoshi Son
by Lionel Barber
作者:莱昂内尔·巴伯
日本投资家孙正义(Masayoshi Son)在过去二十年里通过他的媒体科技巨头软银(SoftBank)投资或控制了价值1万亿美元的资产,创造了数笔财富,也失去了数笔财富。他资助了中国互联网巨头阿里巴巴,而当时全世界还没有听说过阿里巴巴;他与史蒂夫·乔布斯密谋将iPhone打造成一款神奇的产品;他还资助了数百家初创科技公司,推动了硅谷有史以来最大的繁荣。它飞速穿越唐纳德·特朗普在曼哈顿的黄金摩天大楼、利雅得的皇宫和中国的金銮殿;在所有这些地方,孙正义都将他独特的技术乐观主义、金融工程和疯狂冒险融为一体。他斥资数十亿支持WeWork创始人亚当·诺伊曼等人的远见卓识,却最终一无所有。然而,尽管经历了这些挫折,他从未放弃自己的信念:技术,尤其是人工智能,将改变我们的生活。孙正义的故事记录了25年的超级全球化时代,在这个时代,资金、技术和思想自由流动。在互联网泡沫破灭、全球金融危机和科威德病毒大流行期间,他赚了数十亿美元,也损失了数十亿美元。作为在日朝鲜人后代,孙正义克服了逆境和歧视,成为日本最著名的商人和帝国缔造者,但他仍然是一个难以捉摸、极度神秘的人物,是西方世界的一个谜。本书揭示了金钱背后的男人、他的驱动力、他为何重要以及他的下一步计划。插图列表
人物角色
序言
第一部分 天才少年
1. 根
2. 柏青哥
3. 美国觉醒
4. 迷失在翻译中
5. 软银1.0
第二部分:崛起与衰落
6. 奇迹疗法
7. 网关先生
8. 纸上的亿万富翁
9. 怎样才能赢?
10. 雅虎
11. 默多克
12. 举报人
13. 泡沫人
14. 撞车
第三部分:经营者
15. 宽带革命
16. 金鹅
17. 移动人
18. 史蒂夫·乔布斯的拯救
第四部分:帝国缔造者
19. 三十年愿景
20. 福岛
21. 冲刺
22. 两个印度人胜过一个
23. 打砸抢
第五部分:狂妄
24. 水晶球计划
25. 疯狂的家伙
26. 我希望你破产
27. 大逃亡
28. 依然饥饿的巨鲸
29. 暴风雪
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致谢
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索引
Japan’s Masayoshi Son has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1trn in the past two decades through his media-tech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, China’s internet colossus, before the world had heard about it; plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a wonder product; and financed hundreds of tech start-ups, fuelling the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen.This book takes you on Masa’s wild ride, from his birthplace in a Korean slum in post-war Japan to the modern-day temples of power. It speeds through Donald Trump’s golden skyscraper in Manhattan, the royal palaces of Riyadh and the throne rooms of China’s Marxist rulers; all places where Masa has deployed his unique blend of techno-optimism, financial engineering and insane risk-taking.In his own Masa is the world’s craziest investor. He spent billions supporting the visions of founders like WeWork’s Adam Neumann only to lose everything. Yet, despite the reverses, he’s never abandoned his belief that technology, particularly artificial Intelligence, will change our lives for the better.Masa’s story captures a 25 year-span of hyper-globalisation in which money, technologies and ideas flowed freely. He’s made billions and lost billions during the dot.com bust, the global financial crisis, and the Covid pandemic. His is a story of constant reinvention and perpetual motion, ever seeking the Next Big Thing.As an ethnic Korean in Japan, Masa has overcome adversity and discrimination to become Japan’s best known businessman and empire-builder but he remains an elusive, intensely private figure, an enigma to the western world. This book reveals the man behind the money, what drives him, why he matters, and what he plans for his next act.