For SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, $100 billion just isn't enough. "The Vision Fund was just the first step," Son told the Nikkei newspaper. Related: Where the huge SoftBank-Saudi tech fund is investingA SoftBank spokesman confirmed Son spoke to the Nikkei and didn't dispute its reporting. By May, it had raised $93 billion -- out of a planned $100 billion -- to spend on tech businesses of the future. Son, who wants to be known as a "crazy man who bet on the future," is a famously aggressive investor.

Source: CNN October 20, 2017 05:40 UTC