SoftBank’s record $23bn loss could push Masayoshi Son to reconsider taking group private
234亿美元巨亏后的软银何去何从？
SoftBank’s record $23.4bn quarterly loss, a pledge of heavy cost-cutting and an hour of public self-criticism by its founder Masayoshi Son could push the Japanese billionaire to reconsider a management buyout of the technology conglomerate.
软银(SoftBank)创纪录的234亿美元季度亏损、大幅削减成本的承诺以及创始人孙正义(Masayoshi Son)一小时的公开自我批评，可能会促使这位日本亿万富豪重新考虑对这家科技集团进行管理层收购。
Analysts and investors said the latest results, which delivered fresh signs that SoftBank is preparing to sell key operations such as Fortress Investment Group and focus more exclusively on its two Vision Funds, raised questions over whether it still needed to be listed at all.
分析师和投资者表示，最新业绩引发了对于软银是否仍需要保持上市地位的质疑。最新业绩报告提供的新迹象显示，软银准备出售堡垒投资集团(Fortress Investment Group)等关键业务，转而更加专注于旗下两只愿景基金(Vision Fund)。
People close to the company confirmed that Son has discussed the option of taking SoftBank private on several occasions over the past three years, but had always rejected the idea, in part because of pressure from the company’s biggest Japanese banking lenders, notably Mizuho.
接近该公司的人士证实，孙正义在过去三年里曾多次讨论将软银收归私有的选项，但迄今排除这一构想，部分原因是该公司的各大日本银行贷款方——尤其是瑞穗(Mizuho)——施压反对。
