← Back to context Comment by ForHackernews 25 days ago Got lucky on Yahoo! Japan in the 1990s. 1 comment ForHackernews Reply lotsofpulp 25 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 25 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...
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...