← Back to context Comment by lotsofpulp 24 days ago How did they get it? 2 comments lotsofpulp Reply ForHackernews 24 days ago Got lucky on Yahoo! Japan in the 1990s. lotsofpulp 24 days ago Wikipedia says Alibaba was their big win. And then they convinced the Saudis to let them bet with Saudi money. They also have decent net income trends:https://companiesmarketcap.com/softbank/earnings/Either way, seems like enough of their bets work out, so far.https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/softbanks-alibaba-al...
ForHackernews 24 days ago Got lucky on Yahoo! Japan in the 1990s. lotsofpulp 24 days ago Wikipedia says Alibaba was their big win. And then they convinced the Saudis to let them bet with Saudi money. They also have decent net income trends:https://companiesmarketcap.com/softbank/earnings/Either way, seems like enough of their bets work out, so far.https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/softbanks-alibaba-al...
lotsofpulp 24 days ago Wikipedia says Alibaba was their big win. And then they convinced the Saudis to let them bet with Saudi money. They also have decent net income trends:https://companiesmarketcap.com/softbank/earnings/Either way, seems like enough of their bets work out, so far.https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/softbanks-alibaba-al...
Got lucky on Yahoo! Japan in the 1990s.
Wikipedia says Alibaba was their big win. And then they convinced the Saudis to let them bet with Saudi money. They also have decent net income trends:
https://companiesmarketcap.com/softbank/earnings/
Either way, seems like enough of their bets work out, so far.
https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/softbanks-alibaba-al...