Quotes from Masayoshi Son

I believe the continually advancing Information Revolution will lend us the wisdom and strength to address humanity's previously unsolvable problems and help us make a positive impact on all of society.

The year 2000, I was the richest for three days. So I know up and down.

My philosophy is that the digital revolution will make mankind happier and more productive, and that won't change over the next 300 years. If you don't stick to that original philosophy, even perfect control of a bunch of companies isn't going to do you any good.

Difficulty comes not only because of your mistakes, but once you try to make an excuse or accuse someone else, your mind stops thinking.

If I go to the department store, I get no excitement: I can buy the entire department store instead of one bag. So I lost excitement of shopping.

I don't like accidental success. It's what Bill Gates calls 'random,' a term he uses with the opposite of respect.

Indian software engineers are the best in the world; even in Silicon Valley, the best software engineers are Indians.

The energy in Silicon Valley is because of the very talented engineers immigrating from around the world, especially Indians and Chinese. They are the best engineers, and Japan doesn't have enough of them.

Wisdom and knowledge are the most valuable things in the body.

My original intent for investing into Sprint - the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we'd have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn't accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken.

I think I became an entrepreneur because I have my way of doing business... to do that, you have to have your own company. But if you have your own company, you're an outsider in the Japanese business world. It's difficult. But that's life.

My belief is that we should never become overconfident.

Traditional companies have to start looking into themselves to offer more opportunities in their companies by starting new subsidiaries and joint ventures.

As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.

Most of the time, when I make a big move, people say I am out of my mind. But I don't think about how I can add to what I have today.

The autonomous car is definitely coming, and when that stage comes, this ride-share business becomes even more important.

Being educated in the United States gave me a good understanding of American culture. I think I got a lot of influence from the entrepreneurial mind in the United States.

There will come an age when our average life expectancy will reach 200 years.