The wizard of the Internet
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Japanese venture capitalist Masayoshi Son, founder and president of Softbank Corp., may own more of the Internet than anyone with his myriad investments. Son has invested $1.7 billion in more than 100 Internet companies including Yahoo! Inc.and Ziff-Davis Inc. SoftBank's venture capital arm has invested $906 million in eight Internet companies and holds about 7-8% of the publicly-listed value of all Internet properties. Son's strategy is to view investments not as one-time transactions but as alliances.
Publication Name: Business Review Weekly
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0727-758X
Year: 1999
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At Liberty to build an empire
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Liberty Media, although acquired by AT&T Corp., is under the firm direction and guidance of John Malone. Investors believe in Mr. Malone. Liberty Media has a market capitalization of $43 billion, and anticipates a revenue total of $900 million for 1999. Malone has 4% equity interest in the company. Liberty Media also has its own board and can issue its own debt.
Publication Name: Business Review Weekly
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0727-758X
Year: 1999
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Hold the phone, your PC is on line
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US-based Net2Phone, which offers cheap phone calls over the Internet, aims to provide software for all Internet-based voice services.
Publication Name: Business Review Weekly
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0727-758X
Year: 2000
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