Masayoshi Son, president of SoftBank Group, will concentrate his investment on the field of AI = artificial intelligence after the final profit exceeded 3 trillion yen for the first time in the nine-month settlement of accounts until December last year. I showed the policy to let you.
The SOFTBANK Group's financial results for the nine months up to December last year showed a final profit of 3,055.1 billion yen, exceeding 3 trillion yen for the first time.
This was due to the newly listing of 11 investee companies and the rise in stock prices of listed companies such as the ride-hailing app Uber, resulting in a profit of 1.5 trillion yen.
In the previous fiscal year's financial results, the final deficit was more than 960 billion yen due to the effects of financial market turmoil caused by the spread of the new coronavirus infection, but the business performance has improved.
"The SoftBank Group is an investment company and a listed company that lays golden eggs. I'm not going to be ecstatic with a profit of at most 3 trillion yen. It's still halfway," Son said at a press conference on the 8th. He stated that he would list 10 to 20 companies a year.
On top of that, "AI is the greatest evolution created by humankind. Toward a world free of traffic accidents and a world where people do not suffer from diseases such as cancer and climate change, we will be happy by innovating various human issues with the power of AI. I would like to contribute, "he said, and stated that he would concentrate his investment on fields that utilize AI in the future.