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The CEO of the SoftBank did lose a ton of money back in the Dotcom bust. I guess he is a huge risk taker. From Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Son

>According to Forbes magazine, Son's estimated net worth is US$23 billion, and he is the second richest man in Japan,[1] despite having the distinction of losing the most money in history (approximately $70bn during the dot com crash of 2000).[3]

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Huge risk taker or just a terrible investor?

Both.. I know nothing about this person but very possible he just got lucky on some really big investments but anything he tries to really do is shit.

Luck is such a huge factor sometimes...

I think his second big chance was Alibaba.

How do you reconcile calling some one bad at making money, when he is worth 26bn.

In all seriousness, luck is >85% of making big money.

I think in all likelihood, hes achieving his aim perfectly which is to generate huge management fees not huge investment returns.

Exactly. He's playing with Saudi's money. People are conflating managing your PA vs others'.

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