Gambling Man

A rare insight into the life of Masayoshi Son, the mysterious Korean-Japanese tech investor who has made — and lost — more money than anyone else this century... Barber sets out Son’s extraordinary backstory, details all the deals, big and small, that Son did to enrich himself and [gives] a privileged boardroom-table view of the gilded age of tech-utopianism and borderless finance [with an] eye for colour [that] is more than enough to keep the everyday reader engaged -- John Arlidge * Sunday Times * Gambling Man is a pacy and highly professional telling of Son’s remarkable story, which skilfully draws out its broader historical themes -- Felix Martin * Financial Times * A sure-footed account ... Barber has a journalist's eye for his subject's telling idiosyncracies ... [his] detailed biography documents a career punctuaed with attention-grabbing successes and abrupt reversals -- Henry Hitchings * Spectator * Son deserves far wider recognition than has come his way, and Gambling Man is a parable that should be read by every would-be business empire builder -- Martin Vander Weyer * Times Literary Supplement *