Didi, WeWork, and possibly Uber? SoftBank's top 10 deals this year

SoftBank inked deals to acquire and invest in startups at breakneck speed, using the new fund as well as existing ones, reports TechinAsia

Up until about June last year, it had been Masayoshi Son’s plan to retire as SoftBank’s CEO when he turned 60 – which would have been last month.

But in June 2016, everything changed. SoftBank’s president Nikesh Arora, who already stood by as Son’s successor, resigned after a group of shareholders questioned his track record and qualifications. An independent committee looking into the matter ultimately couldn’t find anything to confirm the allegations, but soon after the incident, Son reversed his retirement plans and declared that he felt his own “work is not done.”

“I want to cement SoftBank 2.0 […] and work