WEBVTT - A Conversation With Billionaire Masayoshi Son

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<v Speaker 1>Hi everyone, it's Brad. A few months ago we brought

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<v Speaker 1>you an episode about the life of the Japanese billionaire

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<v Speaker 1>Masa Yoshi Sun and his latest project, a ninety three

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollar investment fund called the Vision Fund. It's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to overstate the kind of impact that so much money

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<v Speaker 1>is already having on the tech industry. So if you

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<v Speaker 1>haven't heard that episode, I strongly recommend you go back

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<v Speaker 1>and listen. Now. This week we're bringing you a special

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<v Speaker 1>conversation with the man himself. Massa, as he's known in

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<v Speaker 1>the industry, recently spoke to David Rubinstein, the co founder

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<v Speaker 1>and co CEO of the private equity firm the Carlyle Group.

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<v Speaker 1>Their conversation was part of David's series on Bloomberg Television

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<v Speaker 1>called Peer to Peer Conversations, and was taped on September

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<v Speaker 1>nine in front of a live audience. There's some real

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<v Speaker 1>jail ms and insights in this interview, like how Massa,

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<v Speaker 1>at only aged sixteen, convinced the head of McDonald's Japan

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<v Speaker 1>to meet with him. Please enjoy. You are clearly one

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<v Speaker 1>of the world's most successful technology investors in one of

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<v Speaker 1>the world's most successful businessmen. Let me start by asking

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<v Speaker 1>you about a fund that you are now raising, the

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<v Speaker 1>Vision Fund. It's supposed to be a fund of a

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<v Speaker 1>hundred billion dollars. Now, that would be the biggest fund

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<v Speaker 1>ever raised. So when you told people you were going

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<v Speaker 1>to raise a hundred billion dollar fund, did they tell

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<v Speaker 1>you you were a little crazy? Well, some people said

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<v Speaker 1>you had a meeting with a man who was the

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<v Speaker 1>deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia who's now the Crown

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<v Speaker 1>Prince of Saudi Arabia. And as I understand the story,

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<v Speaker 1>you went in and in one hour you convinced him

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<v Speaker 1>to invest forty five billion dollars. No, no, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>too okay, forty five minutes, forty five villion? That okay, sorry, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I apologize. In other words, if you had one one

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollars pub minute, what could you have said? That

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<v Speaker 1>was that persuasion to get fortyllion in one meeting? Well, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, you came to Tokyo as the first time

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<v Speaker 1>I wanna. I want to give you a gift. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to give you a massive gift, Tokyo gift, a trillion.

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<v Speaker 1>That a gift. And he opened up his eyes. I said, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>now it's interesting, all right. So I woke up him

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<v Speaker 1>and said, here is how we can give you a

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<v Speaker 1>I can give you a trillion. That a gift you

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<v Speaker 1>invest hundred billion. That as to my fun, I give

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<v Speaker 1>you a trillion dollars. But what is sh it that

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<v Speaker 1>you told people? What was the vision that you actually

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<v Speaker 1>gave them? So one vision which is single reality. Singularity

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<v Speaker 1>is the concept that the computing power computers artificial intelligence

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<v Speaker 1>surpassed mankind's brains. The singularity is the concept The word

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<v Speaker 1>means that is the point at which a computer becomes

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<v Speaker 1>smarter than a human brain. Yes, today already computer is

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<v Speaker 1>smarter than mankind for chess, or goal or weather forecast.

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<v Speaker 1>To some expert systems, computers already smarter. But in thirty

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<v Speaker 1>years most of the subject that we are thinking, they

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<v Speaker 1>will be smarter than us. That's might believe. Let's go

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<v Speaker 1>back and talk about your upbringing a bit. So you

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<v Speaker 1>are of Korean descent. Your grandfather came from Korea and

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<v Speaker 1>moved to Japan many years ago, and your parents were

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<v Speaker 1>born in Japan. Did you suffer discrimination growing up in Japan? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I had some experience, but I fear now it was good.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that made me, you know, stronger to work harder. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>So I had to prove that I am not different

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<v Speaker 1>from any other guys, you know, not inferior, it's sane.

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<v Speaker 1>So I had to work harder to prove the value.

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<v Speaker 1>Your family adopted a Japanese name at one point. Well, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>in Japan there was a some period Japanese government forced

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<v Speaker 1>every Korean to change to Japanese name. So it was

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<v Speaker 1>not their intention that we had to had to change.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to change. That made me even more harder

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<v Speaker 1>because I was feeling that I was hiding something. It

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<v Speaker 1>was even tougher. You did not grow up in Tokyo. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>You grew up in a relatively small town is that right?

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<v Speaker 1>In in Japan, in the southern the southern part of Japan.

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<v Speaker 1>So at one point is said that you were very

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<v Speaker 1>interested in meeting the head of McDonald's. And why were

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<v Speaker 1>you interested in me in the head of McDonald's. Did

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<v Speaker 1>you like McDonald's food or you just what was it?

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<v Speaker 1>He wrote the book and that book became the best seller.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so impressed and said, oh my god, this

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<v Speaker 1>is great, and the guy who wrote about it must

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<v Speaker 1>be great. So how old were you when you wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to meet him sixteen sixteen, So you you managed to

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<v Speaker 1>get a meeting with him. I called his his assistant

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<v Speaker 1>and long distance called back then it was so expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>I made almost hundred goals, sixty goals and say, you

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<v Speaker 1>know this is my name, I'm a student, and could

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<v Speaker 1>you ask him to spend me shared me sometime and

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<v Speaker 1>could you ask him? And she said, oh, I will try,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's not going to meet with a student. I said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>don't decide by yourself. Let him decide. Okay. So I

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<v Speaker 1>I spoke with with the assistant, different assistants so many times,

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<v Speaker 1>and they don't give me the right answer. So I said, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is waste of my telephone bill. So I flew

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<v Speaker 1>into Tokyo and I said I came because they the

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<v Speaker 1>phone call became becoming more expensive than a ticket. So

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<v Speaker 1>what happened? And I said, tell him exactly the way.

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<v Speaker 1>I said. You don't have to look at me, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to talk to me. You can keep on

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<v Speaker 1>walking whatever you're doing. I just want to see his

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<v Speaker 1>face for three minutes. So I'm not bothering him. I

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<v Speaker 1>just I'm so impressed and respect him. I want to

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<v Speaker 1>see him and if if you tell him that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not going to bother him, time is money. He says,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna damage his life. She actually asked, and

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<v Speaker 1>he said, okay, okay. Actually he spent fifteen minutes with

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<v Speaker 1>me talking face to face. He gave you some advice,

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<v Speaker 1>which was to learn. Yeah, I asked him, what business

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<v Speaker 1>should I do? Computer? That's the one. If I were

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<v Speaker 1>you at u Age at this time of the you know, ah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is don't look at the past industry, look at

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<v Speaker 1>the future industry. That's the one. Computer industry. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>one you should focus. If I were you, that's the one.

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<v Speaker 1>So I said, wow, great. Next, well, here Massa Yoshi

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<v Speaker 1>son talked about one daily made, which many people consider

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<v Speaker 1>to be the most successful investment ever. Okay, we're back.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go back to David Rubinstein and Massa Yoshi's son.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the investments you made is considered by many

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<v Speaker 1>people to be the most successful investment in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of mankind. You invested roughly twenty million dollars in Ali Baba,

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<v Speaker 1>and at the time it went public it was worth

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<v Speaker 1>roughly ninety billion dollars. So twenty million to ninety billion

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<v Speaker 1>is a return up at four thousand. Now Jack ma

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<v Speaker 1>is a very distinguished individual now now one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most successful entrepreneurs in the world. What is it that

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<v Speaker 1>made you feel this was worth putting in twenty million dollars. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>he had no business plan and zitto revenue, h employees

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<v Speaker 1>maybe thirty five forty employees. But his eyes was very strong, strong, strong,

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<v Speaker 1>shining eyes. Um I could tell from the way he talked,

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<v Speaker 1>the way he looked at he has a calisuma. He

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<v Speaker 1>has a leadership. So his business model was wrong. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the way he talked, the way you know he can

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<v Speaker 1>bring you know, young Chinese people following him. Before Yahoo

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<v Speaker 1>was so famous. You made an early investment which was

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<v Speaker 1>spectacularly successful. How did you hear of Yahoo? Yeah? Yeahhoo.

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<v Speaker 1>Us was still private, fifteen employees, and I convinced Jerrian

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<v Speaker 1>to take hundred million dollars of our investment. So at

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<v Speaker 1>the time we negotiate, we agree. They grew from fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>to thirty five people, thirty thirty five people, and we

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<v Speaker 1>invest hundred million dollars two own and actually went I

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<v Speaker 1>po and made a great were done. And at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time I convinced him to start to inventure both

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<v Speaker 1>jaff of Japan. Well, we put one point two million dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>They put upon eight million, two million dollars start up,

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<v Speaker 1>kept up. Now, let's talk about one big mistake you

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<v Speaker 1>made overall and obviously very successful in almost everything you've touched,

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<v Speaker 1>but you were making a lot of internet investments around

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<v Speaker 1>the turn of the century. Around your two thousand one

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<v Speaker 1>the market went down in the in the in the

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<v Speaker 1>tech crash, and it is said that you personally lost

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<v Speaker 1>seventy billion dollars of net worth, the greatest loss that

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<v Speaker 1>any human being has ever suffered financially. So how did

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<v Speaker 1>you feel losing seventy billion dollars of net worth? Why? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Before that, actually my net was personal net was was

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<v Speaker 1>increasing ten billion dot per week. For three days. I

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<v Speaker 1>became richer than Bitry Gates. Wow, what was that that

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<v Speaker 1>upset him? Or? No? Before I talked to anybody else,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, stop stop crossing? Uh So in in six

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<v Speaker 1>months after that, our share price went done n So

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<v Speaker 1>we all almost went bankrupt and somehow I survived. You

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<v Speaker 1>rebuilt your business, and among the things you did while

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<v Speaker 1>you bought some very well known companies. So you bought

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<v Speaker 1>voter phones, uh Mobile, telephone business in Japan at that time.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, now is the time to go next days,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the internet will become mobile internet. So I

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<v Speaker 1>had to either get the license from the government for

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<v Speaker 1>the spectrum or acquire bother from Japan. And first I

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<v Speaker 1>applied for the license to the government and the government

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<v Speaker 1>said no, there is no more spectrum. I actually sued

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<v Speaker 1>the government and uh, you know, for one big fight.

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<v Speaker 1>But then then the both up on Japan became available

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<v Speaker 1>twenty billion dollars. I had two billion dollars, so eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollars shot. So where'd you get the money? So

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<v Speaker 1>I convinced the bank you know that the vote up

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<v Speaker 1>on Japan, I'm going to turn around and become successful

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<v Speaker 1>and become great cash flow, believe me and lend me money.

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<v Speaker 1>And they did. They did, and it turned out to

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<v Speaker 1>be very successful. Recently, you did the biggest investment you've

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<v Speaker 1>ever made in a company called a r M, which

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<v Speaker 1>is Farm, which is a semiconductor manufacturer based in London.

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<v Speaker 1>Why did you spend thirty one billion dollars buying a

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<v Speaker 1>semiconductor manufacturer when many people think that that's not the future.

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<v Speaker 1>It's actually study four billion that yeah, it's not a manufacturer,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a design design house. They design all the chip

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<v Speaker 1>chip set. They have nine market share for any smart

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<v Speaker 1>phone that you're have in your pocket. Is arm has

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<v Speaker 1>nine market share. Right in next twenty years, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be they're gonna ship one trillion chips. Design for one

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<v Speaker 1>trillion chips. So I said, this is this is the company.

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<v Speaker 1>This is nobody can live in the on the earth

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<v Speaker 1>anymore without chip. Chipp is everywhere in the car, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the fuserator everywhere. So if if chip is something that

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<v Speaker 1>everybody needs, and if there is one company has nine

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<v Speaker 1>market share, there must be a value. They're not monetizing

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<v Speaker 1>well enough. But if I own it, we can managize

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<v Speaker 1>as much better. So that's my belief. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's the company is gonna be more valuable than Google.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not available. It's private company now. Now in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>You are a big believer in robots. It is your view.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess artificial intelligence is a good thing and ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>will not hurt humanity. Is that correct? So you don't

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<v Speaker 1>worry that the robots could become so smart they could

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<v Speaker 1>wipe out humanity as some people worry. Yeah, there is

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<v Speaker 1>a danger of that. There's a danger. But if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at the mankind history, people were killing each other

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<v Speaker 1>with many battles different among different tribes and rays and

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<v Speaker 1>so on. But today's world, we don't have that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of things everyday life. We are more civilized. So when

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<v Speaker 1>the what super intelligence go beyond mankind's intelligence and they say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>fighting is the not efficient way of living. The harmony

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<v Speaker 1>is better. It's more social. So we were gonna live

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<v Speaker 1>in harmony. And they think about us, they help us,

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<v Speaker 1>and they try to amuse us and have a good

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<v Speaker 1>love each other. What gives you the greatest pleasure in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Well, the thing is, you know, I have

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<v Speaker 1>a vision. I have a vision of singilorarity that's really coming.

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<v Speaker 1>So we create a vision fun, right, we go and

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<v Speaker 1>change the world together and create a better world, better

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<v Speaker 1>world for for human living. Ah, So that excite me.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what is thinking about what is the future?

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<v Speaker 1>What is the how we can change the life of

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<v Speaker 1>people for the better humanity? Right, and so that people

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to die for unnecessary reasons like having accident

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<v Speaker 1>or having the disease or having the disaster to protect

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<v Speaker 1>human from all those you know, Uh, sadness. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>good thing, right, So imagining those things and investing and

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<v Speaker 1>create a group and having great product, great solution is exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>And now today you've come back and you're have enormous

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<v Speaker 1>net worth by any human standards, one of the richest

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<v Speaker 1>men in the world. What you do with all this money, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't decided what to do. I haven't decided, But

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<v Speaker 1>you're sixty years old. Now you've got to decide at

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<v Speaker 1>some point. Deciding how to spend with respect is more

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<v Speaker 1>difficult than making money. That was a headache I had

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<v Speaker 1>when I when I, you know, became so richest me

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<v Speaker 1>in the world, you had the headache and you lost

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<v Speaker 1>that headache. Now you've got it again, right. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have any plans to keep doing this for a ten

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<v Speaker 1>years or twenty years? Yeah. In my age of nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>I created fifty years my life plan, and in my

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<v Speaker 1>age of sixties, from between sixty and sixty nine, I

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<v Speaker 1>would decide my successor and have my success keep on

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<v Speaker 1>running it. So in my next ten years I have

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<v Speaker 1>to do that. But even after I find a success

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<v Speaker 1>and give him a baton to run as a captainship,

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<v Speaker 1>I would probably stay working with him coaching him. And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, as long as I live, probably I cannot

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<v Speaker 1>give forget about this excitement. Your parents are still alive,

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<v Speaker 1>they must be extremely proud of you. Well there, they

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<v Speaker 1>act very proud of me, and they're very happy. We're

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<v Speaker 1>a happy family. And you know we don't live together,

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<v Speaker 1>but they called me occasionally. And and you know, my

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<v Speaker 1>dad is funny guy. He he has a unique idea,

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<v Speaker 1>crazy idea and he always called me and said, Massa,

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<v Speaker 1>I got an idea, you have to do this. He

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<v Speaker 1>knows everything I'm doing. And uh, he's he's very creative,

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<v Speaker 1>very smart, and he talked about business to me all

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<v Speaker 1>the time. Now, you are Japanese and but you have

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<v Speaker 1>careeran descent, but you're different than most Japanese business people

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<v Speaker 1>who were very um, consensus oriented, not maybe as entrepreneurial

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<v Speaker 1>as you are. Has that been a challenge for you

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<v Speaker 1>and building up your business in Japan? Yeah, lots of challenge,

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<v Speaker 1>but the uniqueness is actually good. You know, if the

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<v Speaker 1>pack of other people this way, I am unique, I

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<v Speaker 1>have more opportunities. So the difficulty can, if you flip over,

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<v Speaker 1>become the advantage. So a final question, if you can

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<v Speaker 1>live your life over extraordinary story. Is there anything you

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<v Speaker 1>would do differently than you've done? I may, but this

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<v Speaker 1>is the life I'm enjoying so much that I would

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<v Speaker 1>love to do it again. Ah. I was so lucky.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so close to, you know, fall down from

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<v Speaker 1>the cliff. So I don't know I can do it twice.

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<v Speaker 1>But but this is definitely exciting life. I'm having fun.

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