Masayoshi Son

My passion never fades out.

A person's life is over in 50, 100 years. But a company lives on through the people it is composed of, and SoftBank group has to survive even after I'm gone.

If you live in the States, you see the windmill signal on your smartphone all the time. It's like living in Beijing air. You have to remember the blue sky.

My style is to have a big vision, a big commitment.

We saw a big bang in PCs; we saw a big bang in the Internet. I believe the next big bang is going to be even bigger. To be ready for that, we need to set the foundation, and that foundation is SoftBank Vision Fund.

We have lots of ideas, lots of dreams.

Best thing for a government to do is to eliminate obstacles like filing registrations, getting licences, and so on... tedious steps slow everything down.

The autonomous car is definitely coming, and when that stage comes, this ride-share business becomes even more important.

Money is available from investors as long as you have a great business model and a talented leader.

Alibaba is Alibaba. We are going to keep on, you know, having Alibaba as our core company in our family.

I see a lot of opportunity in Internet-related start-ups, and second is the solar business.

When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft.