Biography Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son
Board Director, Founder
Masayoshi Son
Date of birth:
August 11, 1957; 65 years old
Number of shares held in the Company:
3,200,000 shares
(As of June 20, 2023)
Sept. 1981 Founded SOFTBANK Corp. (currently SoftBank Group Corp.), Chairman & CEO
Jan. 1996 President & CEO, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation*)
Apr. 2006 Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Vodafone K.K. (currently the Company)
June 2007 President & CEO, the Company
Apr. 2015 Chairman, the Company
June 2015 Director, Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation*)
Mar. 2016 Manager, SoftBank Group International GK (currently SoftBank Group Japan Corporation)
June 2017 Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group Corp.
Apr. 2018 Chairman, the Company
June 2018 Representative Director, SoftBank Group Japan Corporation (to present)
Nov. 2020 Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group Corp. (to present)
Apr. 2021 Board Director, Founder, the Company (to present)

Concurrent position in other listed companies

Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group Corp.

Masayoshi Son has extensive knowledge and experience in corporate management, business strategy, M&A and other matters as the founder of SoftBank Group Corp.

[Note]
  1. *
    On October 1, 2023, Z Holdings Corporation, as the surviving company, completed an intra-group reorganization involving mainly itself and two of its core wholly owned subsidiaries, LINE Corporation and Yahoo Japan Corporation, and changed its trade name to LY Corporation.