Segments
From telecommunications operator to strategic holding company
The SoftBank Group is guided by its corporate philosophy of “Information Revolution—Happiness for everyone.” We aim to be a corporate group that maximizes enterprise value while providing essential technologies and services to people around the world. At present, the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) into a variety of business models is starting to change value creation and will fundamentally redefine most of the industries. To ensure that the SoftBank Group captures the huge opportunities arising from the market expansion and the creation of new industries driven by AI utilization, we are implementing the Cluster of No.1 Strategy, a unique strategy for orchestrating the organization, and is stepping up its investment activities, mainly through SoftBank Vision Fund, established in 2017, to build a group of companies engaged in diverse businesses in the information and technology field.
Our core business lies in the Investment Business of Holding Companies segment, the SVF1 and Other SBIA-Managed Funds segment, the SoftBank segment, and the Arm segment.
Investment Business of Holding Companies Segment
The main business of the Investment Business of Holding Companies segment is investment activities by SoftBank Group Corp. and its subsidiaries.
SVF1 and Other SBIA-Managed Funds Segment
The main business of the SoftBank Vision Fund and other SBIA-Managed funds segment is investments activities by SoftBank Vision Fund.
SoftBank Segment
The SoftBank segment provides mobile communication services, sale of mobile devices, broadband and other fixed-line communications services in Japan, as well as Internet advertising and e-commerce business.
Arm Segment
The main businesses of the Arm segment are design of microprocessor intellectual property and related technology, as well as sales of software tools and provision of software services.
Others
Information on business segments which are not included in the reportable segments is classified in “Other.” It includes alternative investment management business Fortress Investment Group LLC, smartphone payment business PayPay Corporation, the Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Corp. which operates professional baseball team, SoftBank Robotics which oversees the Group’s robotics business such as Pepper humanoid robot, and renewable energy-related business SB Energy.
