Lionel Barber

Praise for Gambling Man

A rare insight into the life of Masayoshi Son, the mysterious Korean-Japanese tech investor who has made — and lost — more money than anyone else this century... Barber sets out Son’s extraordinary backstory, detail ...

John Arlidge, Sunday Times

Gambling Man is a pacy and highly professional telling of Son’s remarkable story, which skilfully draws out its broader historical themes

Felix Martin, Financial Times

A sure-footed account ... Barber has a journalist's eye for his subject's telling idiosyncracies ... [his] detailed biography documents a career punctuaed with attention-grabbing successes and abrupt reversals

Henry Hitchings, Spectator

A rare insight into the life of Masayoshi Son, the mysterious Korean-Japanese tech investor who has made — and lost — more money than anyone else this century... Barber sets out Son’s extraordinary backstory, detail ...

John Arlidge, Sunday Times

Gambling Man is a pacy and highly professional telling of Son’s remarkable story, which skilfully draws out its broader historical themes

Felix Martin, Financial Times

A sure-footed account ... Barber has a journalist's eye for his subject's telling idiosyncracies ... [his] detailed biography documents a career punctuaed with attention-grabbing successes and abrupt reversals

Henry Hitchings, Spectator

A rare insight into the life of Masayoshi Son, the mysterious Korean-Japanese tech investor who has made — and lost — more money than anyone else this century... Barber sets out Son’s extraordinary backstory, detail ...

John Arlidge, Sunday Times

Gambling Man is a pacy and highly professional telling of Son’s remarkable story, which skilfully draws out its broader historical themes

Felix Martin, Financial Times

A sure-footed account ... Barber has a journalist's eye for his subject's telling idiosyncracies ... [his] detailed biography documents a career punctuaed with attention-grabbing successes and abrupt reversals

Henry Hitchings, Spectator

Books by Lionel Barber