Tech entrepreneur Sam Altman and SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son lead talks over a record deal to make the Japanese investor the biggest backer of the ChatGPT-maker.

Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

The accompanying article described how Neumann had met with Masayoshi Son, one of Japan’s wealthiest men and the head of the enormous investment firm SoftBank.

In reality, it was an office rental business hyped to the skies by its long-haired, and some said egomaniacal, founder, Adam Neumann, abetted by Son's insistence that he set his sights higher and ...

On the negative side, he sank $14 billion into Adam Neumann’s office-sharing startup WeWork prior to its spectacular collapse in 2019.

Here’s What Happened To WeWork Co-Founder Miguel McKelvey After The Company’s Downfall He stayed on staff for nine months after fellow co-founder Adam Neumann was ousted as CEO.

Neumann’s return has raised thorny questions for creditors — including his one-time champion, the Japanese investor SoftBank and its chief executive Masayoshi Son.

Adam Neumann and his wife Rebekah have been living in South Florida 'Adam skateboards all the time, all over town, taking business calls. Everybody runs into him — he’s very friendly.

But other people were badly bruised by the company’s downfall. Legendary SoftBank investor Masayoshi Son bled billions trying to prop up WeWork, all while suffering untold reputational damage ...

Son overrode his lieutenants’ objections and handed WeWork founder Adam Neumann billions of dollars from both SoftBank Group Corp. and the Vision Fund, lifting the co-working office space’s valuation ...