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SoftBank's CEO trims share pledges by $2.7b after Al rally
The Straits Times
|December 15, 2025
Billionaire Masayoshi Son has reduced the SoftBank Group shares he pledged to lenders by US$2.1 billion (S$2.7 billion) in recent months, lowering his collateral after bets on artificial intelligence (AI) propelled the latest comeback in his volatile technology fortune.
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Mr Son, SoftBank’s chief executive, trimmed his committed shares by 19.4 million to around 154.2 million, according to a filing earlier in December. About 31per cent of his holdings in the Tokyo-listed company are now pledged to banks, down from nearly 39 per cent in March 2020, data compiled by Bloomberg shows.
The bulk of Mr Son’s US$35.3 billion fortune derives from a stake of just over a third in SoftBank, the conglomerate he founded that oversees a global empire of investments.
SoftBank shares surged almost 200 per cent to peak at the end of October on the back of an Al frenzy. They have given up some of the gains lately on fears of a bubble in the sector, but are still heading for the biggest yearly gain since 2013.
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