Join us to hear Lionel Barber discuss his new book: Gambling Man, the biography of one of the world’s least known but most consequential investors.
He speaks to our Books and Culture Editor, Peter Hoskin, about the subject of his book—Japan’s Masayoshi Son—who has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1 trillion in the past two decades through his media-tech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, China’s internet colossus, before the world had heard about it; plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a wonder product; and financed hundreds of tech start-ups, fuelling the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen.
Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times from 2005 to 2020, is an author, broadcaster and lecturer. During four decades as an award-winning journalist, he has interviewed many world leaders and leading CEOs. He is a regular visitor to Japan.
Do join us for drinks and there will be an opportunity to buy a signed copy of the book.
