SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son Missed Out on $250 Billion Fortune with Nvidia Stake Sale
ByAinvest
Thursday, Oct 30, 2025 8:19 am ET1min read
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SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son missed out on a potential $250 billion fortune by selling his nearly 5% stake in Nvidia in 2019 for $3.6 billion. Nvidia has since become the world's first publicly traded company to surpass a $5 trillion valuation, leaving Son to reflect on what could have been. Son and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang even shared a humorous moment about the missed opportunity at Nvidia's AI Summit in Tokyo.
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