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SoftBank CEO to Skip Earnings Call for First Time as Tech Slumps

  • Vision Fund likely facing fourth straight quarter of losses
  • Valuation falls still threaten SoftBank’s unlisted holdings
Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi SonPhotographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

SoftBank Group Corp. is staring at another quarter of bleak results, but for the first time on record, Masayoshi Son is going to miss the earnings call.

The founder and chief executive of the world’s largest tech investor bade farewell in November to the earnings presentations he’s led for decades, saying he was going to focus on taking chip designer Arm Ltd. public.