Masayoshi Son

A timeline of Masayoshi Son's career: from the boy beside a railway line in Kyushu to SoftBank, the $20 million Alibaba stake that became $58 billion, the dot-com crash that cost him $70 billion, Vision Fund, WeWork and the all-in bet on AI. A 3D globe tracks where each bet landed.

It exists because Son is usually told as either a genius or a gambler. The record shows he is both, and that the wins and the disasters come from the same habit.

What to take from it: conviction at enormous size cuts both ways. The same nerve that buys Alibaba early also buys WeWork late — the skill is knowing which one you're looking at.