With his checkbook, charm—and a cutthroat willingness to abandon some startups when necessary—the 60-year-old Mr. Son has turned SoftBank into one of the world’s most influential dealmakers. Armed with the $93 billion SoftBank Vision Fund, the world’s largest-ever tech investment fund, Mr. Son is now embarking on an unprecedented buying spree. SoftBank, which in recent years has bought control of U.S. telecom carrier Sprint and U.K. chip designer ARM, is now trying to buy a piece of Uber. And Mr. Son is reportedly near a deal to combine Sprint with T-Mobile US, giving him a big stake in what would be the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S.

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