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SoftBank to Lend Up to $20 Billion to Employees for Fund: WSJ

SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son may account for more than half of the $20 billion to be lent to employees, the paper said.

SoftBank to Lend Up to $20 Billion to Employees for Fund: WSJ
The SoftBank Group Corp. logo is displayed during the SoftBank World 2019 event in Tokyo, Japan. (Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group is planning to lend up to $20 billion to its employees to buy stakes in its second giant venture-capital fund, Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Chief Executive Masayoshi Son may account for more than half of that amount, the paper said, adding that the employee pool at $20 billion, would represent nearly a fifth of the money that SoftBank said last month it had lined up for its second Vision Fund.

A Vision Fund spokesman didn’t comment to the newspaper.

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