Softbank and its CEO Masayoshi Son made a bid for 70% of Sprint.
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It took Masayoshi Son's venture firm just 30 minutes to agree to fork over the funds.
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For sure, Sprint is of little value to Softbank and Masayoshi Son, its CEO, without the expansive 2.5 Ghz spectrum possessed by Clearwire.
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That's vintage Masayoshi Son: Get in early, place bets others shrink from and get out of the way to let the managers do the managing.
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When Masayoshi Son showed up last year with his offer to buy 70% of Sprint, Hesse thought maybe at long last he would have his platform.
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Rumors exploded about the price tag, the buyer (reportedly the Japanese tech billionaire Masayoshi Son), and even now, little information exists, including which brokers were involved.
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It is part venture capitalism, part Jack Welch (be an industry leader or get out), part Warren Buffett (do your homework and then bet big)--and pure Masayoshi Son.
Masayoshi Son of Softbank, made a bid for Sprint, most likely to gain control of the vast Clearwire spectrum position almost but not quite controlled by Sprint at that moment.
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"Our track record of innovation, combined with Sprint's strong brand and local leadership, provides a constructive beginning toward creating a more competitive American mobile market, " said Softbank's chairman and chief executive Masayoshi Son.
In football parlance appropriate to a week filled with college bowl games, Softbank founder Masayoshi Son, saw a terrific hole in the front line of American telecom and rushed right through.
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Crest has also filed with the FCC to block the merger on several grounds including the granting of control of a huge swath of U.S. spectrum at 2.5 GHz to a foreign entity, Softbank, controlled by Masayoshi Son.
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Since then Forbes Media announced a new president and CEO, Mike Perlis. (The Forbes brothers will hand off direct management, but Steve will still be editor in chief of the magazines.) It happens that Perlis, though he has a long media background, comes to us from SoftBank Capital, where he's been a partner in that offshoot of Masayoshi Son's company.
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