Masayoshi Son Made $2 Billion This Week, Here’s How He Made His First $2 Million

This week the richest man in Japan, Masayoshi Son, hit the headlines for meeting Donald Trump and telling the world he would be investing $50 billion in America and creating 50,000 jobs. That one announcement has made him $2 billion richer in 3 days as Softbank’s stock shot up 6%.

It’s difficult for any startup entrepreneur to relate to an investor talking in billions. But Masa also began Softbank as a startup, and his amazing story of how he got started gives a good clue to how he became a b...