← Back to context Comment by lotsofpulp 5 hours ago How did they get it? 2 comments lotsofpulp Reply ForHackernews 5 hours ago Got lucky on Yahoo! Japan in the 1990s. lotsofpulp 3 hours 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 5 hours ago Got lucky on Yahoo! Japan in the 1990s. lotsofpulp 3 hours 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 3 hours 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...