SOFTBANK Group's grandson president emphasized “continue investment” Dec. 6 18:32
Mr. Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Group talked with Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, the largest online shopping company in China at a university in Tokyo. In this, President Son said, “I want to continue to increase investment over the next 10 years and help young entrepreneurs change the world,” emphasizing the idea of continuing an aggressive investment strategy.
Softbank Group was founded by the development of a grand IT company with President Son and Alibaba on the 6th as a result of investing in and supporting Alibaba in China from the very beginning. Retired as chairman in September. Mr. Jack Ma talked to the students in English at the University of Tokyo.
“When I met for the first time, Jacques did not seek investment, but talked about the future and philosophy, and decided to invest in seeing that. It ’s important for entrepreneurs to have a great vision and passion. By making it, money will come later. "
In addition, President Son said, “The world needs a revolution by AI = artificial intelligence, and we want to increase investment in the next 10 years. We want to help young entrepreneurs with great passion and change the world.” He stressed the idea of continuing an aggressive investment strategy in the future.
On the other hand, Jack Ma said, “Technological innovations have made work more efficient and our offspring should work only three hours a day for three days a week. We should make the machine like a human being, "he said, indicating that AI contributes to the development of society.