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SoftBank Group’s biography, as of 24 June 2026, says that Masayoshi Son has served as chairman and CEO of the company he founded in 1981, and lists him from November 2020 as Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO. Copy claim link
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Date from 1981-09 (stated in Board of Directors (SoftBank Group Corp.), 2026-06-24) Records dated 1981 → Role Chairman & CEO Scope and limits The company's retrospective account. The title changed form (an entry for June 2017 and another for November 2020); the record does not resolve the intermediate titles and does not assert the role after 24 June 2026.
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Biography: Masayoshi Son ↗ SoftBank Group Corp. · 2026-06-24
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Source excerpt “Masayoshi Son founded Nihon SoftBank (currently SoftBank Group Corp.) in 1981 and has continued to serve as its chairman & CEO. Sep. 1981 Founded Nihon SoftBank (currently SoftBank Group Corp.), Chairman & CEO” Location in source Biography, opening sentence and career table
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Source details and check notes Authors SoftBank Group Corp. Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 958564151b9c0f7bf8f8b04dc8335f6b2aad49b17637ad0ecd0a2472453bda0c). Biography page headed “As of June 24, 2026”, as served on 2026-10-29. Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-29 Language English (en) Attribution SoftBank Group Corp., “Biography: Masayoshi Son”, 2026-06-24. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes The quotation (31 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes, PDF line-break hyphens and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-30, item 16) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Biography: Masayoshi Son ↗ SoftBank Group Corp. · 2026-06-24
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Source excerpt “Nov. 2020 Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group Corp. (to present)” Location in source Career table, entry for November 2020
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Machine-checked · 2026-10-30
Source details and check notes Authors SoftBank Group Corp. Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 958564151b9c0f7bf8f8b04dc8335f6b2aad49b17637ad0ecd0a2472453bda0c). Biography page headed “As of June 24, 2026”, as served on 2026-10-29. Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-29 Language English (en) Attribution SoftBank Group Corp., “Biography: Masayoshi Son”, 2026-06-24. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes The quotation (13 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes, PDF line-break hyphens and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Board of Directors (SoftBank Group Corp.) ↗ SoftBank Group Corp. · 2026-06-24
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Source excerpt “Corporate Officers Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO Masayoshi Son” Location in source Corporate Officers list (as of June 24, 2026)
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Source details and check notes Authors SoftBank Group Corp. Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 e3fb12ba4f2e24ef386c34e72d2b685a9a9b559643178245722860928cf469b9). Page headed “As of June 24, 2026”, as served on 2026-10-29. Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-29 Language English (en) Attribution SoftBank Group Corp., “Board of Directors (SoftBank Group Corp.)”, 2026-06-24. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes The quotation (8 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes, PDF line-break hyphens and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
Relation. An institutional role with explicitly scoped time: snapshot, sourced interval, or unknown dates. No continuing appointment is implied.
Date. Start from the career table; the page is dated “As of June 24, 2026” and marks the November 2020 title “(to present)”. No end is recorded.
Record ID pp-ex-son-softbank-chair-ceo-1981