"Jesus Christ was also misunderstood," Masayoshi Son tells investors
The Financial Times | 2020 May 18 (paywall--alt source)
Masayoshi Son compared himself to Jesus Christ while defending his investment strategy, after disclosing that SoftBank had run up a record $13bn annual loss on Monday.
The 62-year-old founder and chief executive of the Japanese technology conglomerate has vowed that his $100bn Vision Fund will tackle “the biggest challenges and risks facing humanity today”.
As analysts pressed him on its poor performance so far during an investor call on Monday, Mr Son noted that Jesus was also misunderstood and criticised, according to three people who were on the call...
...Mr Son, who has in the past quoted Yoda from the Star Wars films and urged investors to “listen to the Force”, also suggested that the Beatles had not been popular when they first started.
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