← Back to context Comment by ForHackernews 5 hours ago Got lucky on Yahoo! Japan in the 1990s. 1 comment ForHackernews Reply lotsofpulp 4 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 4 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...
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...