Masayoshi Son nearly destroyed his entire business during the dotcom crash, and was really only saved by his investment in Alibaba, an essentially state-owned

Masayoshi Son nearly destroyed his entire business during the dotcom crash, and was really only saved by his investment in Alibaba, an essentially state-owned technology company. It’s weird to frame his success in some “great man of history” terms when the only reason he’s still wealthy and powerful is because of his alliance with the world’s largest authoritarian regime?