By Adam Spatacco
Publication Date: 2025-12-15 17:16:00
The billionaire investor recently addressed why his holding company unloaded its $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia.
Masayoshi Son is a legendary investor from Japan, best known for founding the technology-focused holding company SoftBank Group. With hundreds of billions in assets under management, SoftBank hasn’t been shy about getting involved in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the investment firm took a sizable position in Nvidia (NVDA +1.49%) over the last several years, and benefited handsomely from the chip designer’s influence in the AI landscape.
However, last month, investors learned that SoftBank had sold its entire stake in Nvidia — netting nearly $6 billion in proceeds. While this move initially led some to question whether SoftBank had lost confidence in Nvidia, Son recently put those fears to rest.
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What did Son say about Nvidia?
Earlier this month, an organization called the Future Investment Initiative held a summit in Tokyo that featured a number of business leaders and entrepreneurs. During one of the presentations, Son was asked about the rationale behind SoftBank’s sale of Nvidia stock.
He got straight to the point, replying that he respects Nvidia’s visionary CEO, Jensen Huang. He followed up by saying he hadn’t wanted to sell a…
