How Son is taking a huge risk by jumping in to save drowning unicorn WeWork

How Son is taking a huge risk by jumping in to save drowning unicorn WeWork

Billionaire Masayoshi Son in Tokyo in July 2017. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

Masayoshi Son could be on track for the biggest triumph of his career. Or the biggest failure. His decision to jump in and save a drowning unicorn, WeWork, goes against the precepts of the SoftBank Vision Fund that he founded, and could cause reputational damage worth more than the billions of dollars in this one deal.

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