Sun Zhengyi, Chairman of Soft Banking Group
Sun Zhengyi is the founder of the Software Bank Group, is now the company's president and chairman. In less than 20 years, he created an unmanned network industry empire. His empire is not a high-tech empire that he supports him, he is not allowed to enjoy alone, but to make more people master high-tech information, contribute his wisdom. With talent.
US "Business Week" magazine called Mr. Sun Zhengyi called the Emperor Mogul (Cyber Mogul).
Anyone who knows him, and people who have worked with him, Mr. Sun Zhengyi did not embrace this title.
People say that Mr. Sun Zhengyi is a group, he is a typical oriental man, height is only five feet, but it is a table. Mr. Sun has the characteristics of short a great person, and he is unique, not all of others. Mr. Sun has the instinct of Americans, with Japanese people's rushing and the spirit of Koreans. Mr. Sun's greatest idea is to travel in electronic space. Mr. Sun Zhengyi was born in Japan, and his ancestors were Korea. He is very interested in the United States from small. Especially for Japanese local businessmen Den Fujita successfully turned into a chain of old and many restaurants that were very worship. When the Fujita businessman saw the Youth Sun Zhengyi, encourage him to go to the United States to learn. In 1973, Mr. Sun was 16 years old, he went to the University of California, California University studying in English. He is very curious about everything in the United States, interested. He feels that all things in the United States are large, and it is so in order. He believes that the United States is a country he should understand and learn. In 1975, Mr. Sun was transferred to the community university. Two years later, it was transferred to the University of California. During my school, he spent five minutes a day, considering the new invention. At the age of 19, he invented a pocket translator, so he hired a professor to create a translator-like machine, and then applied for a patent to sell the translator to Sharp. So far, Sharp still uses the translator's technical application in its Wizard personal electronic manager.
Mr. Sun is still going to school, has taught 40 companies, and designed a plan for 50 years, how to raise capital, how to create inventions. Although Sun Mr. Sun thought, he still didn't know that he had to do that industry.
After graduating from Berkle University in 1980, Mr. Sun returned to Japan and continued to revise his business plan. Soon, he decided to engage in the software wholesale industry. At the age of 23, he founded a software bank company. His company's software sales performance, all day in Japan. Mr. Sun uses his company to have a few magazines to educate customers to buy software banks. In 1994, he was launched by software banking, raising more than $ 4 million. Since then, the Soft Silver Group began to take over.
Mr. Sun Zhengyi's experience concept and the power of the company are very good. In 1995, he saw the network industry and decided to do huge investment here. At that time, he selected Yahoo Company, and the first investment for Yahoo company is $ 2 million. Soon, he and Yahoo's founder Yang Zhiyuan eaten together, indicating that it is necessary to invest in Yahoo, and have to invest more than 100 million US dollars, exchange 33% of the Shares of Yahoo. Mr. Yang Zhiyuan listened to Mr. Sun, thinking that Mr. Sun Zhengyi was crazy, even he didn't know how Yahoo's future, how to give a new company just started so much. However, Mr. Sun in March 1996 really gave Yahoo's more than 100 million US dollars, and later invested many funds, a total of 320 million US dollars. Yahoo has funded, such as Tiger, and becomes a world number one network company. Mr. Sun Zhengyi's software banking group is Yahoo's largest shareholder. The funds have been exchanged for today's gains. The Soft Bank Group Corporation is $ 84 million in the Yahoo Company's share market value (July 1999). If Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun is not so powerful, if you dare to invest, it is impossible to change the fruit. Mr. Sun Zhengyi operates and investment in the eyes. Mr. Sun did something to do, once made decisions, immediately do it. After purchasing COMDEX and Ziff-Davis two companies, the Software Banking Group has been well-acquired. Mr. Cotsakos, president of ETRADE, asked Soft Silver Group for $ 400 million in investment, Mr. Sun, a call, a call, there is no such thing as any condition. Later, Mr. Cotsakos has repeatedly insisted that Mr. Sun promised to serve as the directors of the company. The return of this investment was $ 240 billion.
Mr. Sun is unique to wealth and money. He is really able to make money, will also spend money. Mr. Sun uses little funds to raise more funds. He used 3 billion US dollars to buy the United States industry. This fund is twice the assets, which makes him in a liability, but he is working funds, successfully purchasing two companies in COMDEX and Ziff-Davis. His company has succeeded that he has also become a world, and personal assets have reached $ 6.4 billion.
Mr. Sun Zhengyi is the most people, is his thinking concept. He can see the future business direction and development prospects from the business in front of you. He looked at the future is not ten years, twenty years, but it is a hundred years. Now he makes a three hundred years of business plan. Such vision is really no one. Mr. Sun's three hundred years will make the Software and Silver Group Corporation's network industry empire is more powerful and far off.