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#32 Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built

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Masayoshi Son's Life Story

Masayoshi Son was bullied for being ethnically Korean and forced to adopt the Japanese surname Yasumoto. His father was a pig farmer who brewed moonshine on the side. By the time he first met Jack, Son had become a billionaire many times over. At their first meeting, after Jack had finished describing Alibaba, by now some 100,000 members strong, Son immediately turned the conversation to how much Softbank could invest.

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