{"product_id":"gambling-man-the-secret-story-of-the-worlds-greatest-disruptor-masayoshi-son-paperback","title":"Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLionel Barber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe former editor of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e delivers, \"with literary flair and stunning revelations\" (Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize winner), the unputdownable first Western biography of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, financial disruptor and personification of the 21st century's addiction to instant wealth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Wall Street swooned and boomed through the last decade, our livelihoods have--now more than ever--come to rely upon the good sense and risk appetites of a few standout investors. And amidst the BlackRocks, Vanguards, and Berkshire Hathaways stands arguably the most iconoclastic of them all: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this \"meticulously researched, balance, thoroughly readable\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) biography, we go behind the scenes of the world's most monied halls of power in New York, Tokyo, Silicon Valley, Saudi Arabia, and beyond to see how Son's firm SoftBank has defied conventional wisdom and imposing odds to push global tech and commerce into the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the dizzying highs of Uber, DoorDash, and Slack to the epic lows of WeWork and tech-infused dog-walking app Wag, Son and SoftBank have been at the center of cutting-edge capitalism's absolute peaks and valleys. In the process, Son, son of a pachinko kingpin who grew up in a slum in Japan, has been a hero, a villain, and even a meme-ified hero to the internet tech- and finance-bro set all at once. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on in-depth research and eye-opening interviews, \u003ci\u003eGambling Man\u003c\/i\u003e is \"not only a first-rate biography of an elusive billionaire\" (\u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e), it's also an alarming true story of 21st-century commerce that will stick with you long after you turn the final page.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLionel Barber is the former editor of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e. As editor, he interviewed many of the world's leaders in business and politics, including US Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Barber has cowritten several books and has lectured widely on foreign policy, transatlantic relations, and economics. He also served on the Board of Trustees at the Tate and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He graduated in 1978 from St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, with a joint honors degree in German and modern history and speaks French and German fluently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848368484454,"sku":"9781668070758","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ZzJJazyUww9781668070758.webp?v=1772748323","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/gambling-man-the-secret-story-of-the-worlds-greatest-disruptor-masayoshi-son-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}