How tall is Masayoshi Son?

Masayoshi Son's listed height is 160 cm (5'3"). He is taller than about 5% of men in Japan.

Where 160 cm sits among men in Japan

Taller than about 5% of men in Japan born in 1957 (average 169.5 cm).

About Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son is a Japanese entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, born on 11 August 1957 in Tosu. He was born Masayoshi Yasumoto and is a Zainichi Korean. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of SoftBank Group, a technology-focused investment holding company.

Son achieved notability in software distribution, computing-related book and magazine publishing, and telecommunications in Japan, starting in the 1980s. His early $20 million investment in Alibaba Group in 2000 grew substantially, reaching a valuation of around $75 billion by 2014, and it contributed significantly to the financial success of SoftBank. His telecom company SoftBank Corp. became the investment management firm SoftBank Group Corp.

At a listed 160 cm (5'3"), Son is also chairman of the UK-based Arm Holdings and the US-based Stargate LLC. In 2013 Forbes placed him 45th on its list of the World's Most Powerful People, and in 2017 he was named Entrepreneur of the Year at The Asian Awards.

Frequently asked

How tall is Masayoshi Son in feet and inches? Masayoshi Son is 5'3" tall, which is 160 cm, 63 inches or 1.60 m.

Is Masayoshi Son tall for men in Japan? At 160 cm he is taller than about 5% of men in Japan born in 1957, whose average height is 169.5 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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