SoftBank Group Corp. (SOFTBANK) perpetual market

SoftBank Group is a Japanese holding company and investment conglomerate founded in 1981 by Masayoshi Son and headquartered in Tokyo. It began as a software distributor and grew into a sprawling group with interests spanning telecommunications, internet services and, increasingly, technology investing. Through its Vision Funds it has become one of the largest backers of late-stage technology startups worldwide, taking large stakes in companies across software, e-commerce, semiconductors and artificial intelligence. SoftBank also owns a controlling interest in Arm, the company whose processor designs are used in most of the world's smartphones and a growing share of data-center and AI chips, which anchors its bet on artificial intelligence. Its results and share price are heavily influenced by the valuations of its investment portfolio. SoftBank Group trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the code 9984.