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Season 2, Episode 4: SoftBank, Fortress and the Vision Fund

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Massa Konne - The Internet Bubble Burst

A single person lost the most amount of money that anyone has ever lost in history. His personal wealth, within a matter of weeks, during the bursting of the internet bubble, fell by 70 billion. He decides to pivot soft bank at this point, away from just being a software and a company and tech invester into more impe structure. Ointo Itak oingt do it. Cliffhanger. But he doesn't stop the investing, but sif he gets into broadband, he buys japan telecom and then starts investing in broadband. Sees that, i promise someone to come back to the investing in a minute. And an even better story is when massa alake sees

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