Sun Zhengyi and SoftBank have made over $220 billion in profits from their investment in ARM

Odaily Planet Daily News: Driven by surging global AI computing power demand, chip architecture giant ARM saw its stock price surge 10% during trading today, hitting an all-time high of $282.80 per share. Its total market capitalization broke through the $300 billion mark for the first time (reaching $300.9 billion). This historic milestone marks a "super myth" of unparalleled returns in the investment career of major shareholder SoftBank Group and its founder, Masayoshi Son.

Public information shows that SoftBank Group currently holds approximately 87% of ARM's shares. Based on the comprehensive book cost of around $40 billion formed through the "2016 privatization acquisition" and the "mandatory buyback before the 2023 IPO," this investment has generated over $220 billion in profits (approximately RMB 1.6 trillion) within just a few years, boasting an astonishing book return rate of 550%.