SoftBank
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company_slogan = N/A | foundation = Tokyo, Japan (1981) | location = Tokyo, Japan | industry = electronic commerce|
products = various |
key_people = Masayoshi Son (孫正義), Founder, President & CEO
Yoshitaka Kitao, Director
Ken Miyauchi, Director
Kazuhiko Kasai, Director
Masahiro Inoue, Director
Ronald Fisher, Director
Jun Murai, Director
Tadashi Yanai, Director
Mitsuo Sano, Full-time Corporate Auditor | revenue = $1.53 billion (January 1, 2005)| homepage = www.softbank.co.jp
}} Template:Nihongo (Template:Tyo) is a leading Japanese telecommunications and media corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-Commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses.
SoftBank was established in Tokyo, Japan on September 3, 1981, and had a market capitalisation of approximately US$32.8 billion at 28 February 2006.
SoftBank's corporate profile includes various other companies such as Japanese broadband company Cable & Wireless IDC, cable company BB-Serve, and gaming company GungHo Online Entertainment. Additionally, it has various partnerships in Japanese subsidiaries of foreign companies such as Yahoo!, E*Trade and Morningstar.
Timeline
- January 28, 2005 SoftBank becomes the owner of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, a Japanese professional baseball team.
- March 17, 2006 SoftBank announces that its agreement to buy Vodafone Japan, giving it a stake in Japan's $78 billion mobile market.
- Softbank completed the purchase of 23% of Betfair, an Internet betting exchange, in early April, 2006.