CEO of the SoftBank Group Masayoshi Son speaks at a new conference in London, Britain July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall
TOKYO: SoftBank Corp founder Masayoshi Son, who created a US$68bil (RM272.05bil) tech investment behemoth from a US$50,000 (RM200,042) startup, has divided investors and analysts with his latest "crazy idea", the US$32bil (RM128.10bil) acquisition of chip designer ARM Holdings.
Visionary, risky, or both, the deal announced on July 18 caught them all on the hop.
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