This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.  ... Japan's SoftBank sealed in over thirty two billion dollar deal to buy U K based chip maker ARM ... this is the Japanese telecommunications giant's latest bold overseas deal ... indicating where its chief executive Masayoshi Son ... sees the future of the Internet ... here's a look at some of masa son's big bets ... Alibaba ... SoftBank's masa son first invest in Alibaba in two thousand ... when you put twenty million dollars in dividend tiny e-commerce company ... since then Alibaba is going into China's biggest Internet shopping mall ... worth more than two hundred billion dollars by market value ... making it Mr. son's most successful that ... SoftBank decided to cash in on that stake selling ten billion dollars worth of shares earlier this year ... the friends ... if Alibaba was SoftBank's best that ... can spread looks like it's worse that ... SoftBank paid twenty two billion dollars for wireless carrier Sprint in twenty thirteen ... it has struggled to attract subscribers and soft drink as part of a cost-cutting efforts ... at the number for U S carrier ... to repay tens of billion dollars of debt ... Supercell ... soft ringleader prescient that on the rise of mobile games with paid one point five billion dollars for majority stake in class implants maker Supercell ... in twenty thirteen ... soft pink cast doubt on that bed last month ... by selling its stake to Chinese Internet giant Tencent ... in a deal that valued the finished game maker in over ten billion dollars ... arm Holdings ... saw things unloading of Supercell ... and Ancel demo shares in Alibaba Holdings ... have freed up cash for Masayoshi son's latest big that ... are ... the purchase of the Cambridge UK based chipmaker ... give SoftBank a key asset ... at the center of the industry trend ... known as the Internet of Things ... SoftBank is betting on more demand for arms chips ... to connect cellphones to everything from cars washing machine ... what's next ... Masayoshi Son is remaking his SoftBank Telecom empire ... to focus on his vision for the future technology ... time will tell if the thirty two billion dollar bet ... pays off for him ... and soft drink shareholders ...
Japan’s SoftBank is paying over $32 billion for U.K.-based chip maker ARM. The WSJ’s Rick Carew looks at this latest in a string of big bets by the Japanese telecom giant. Photo: Getty