ALMOST TWO years ago Masayoshi Son, a Japanese tycoon, broke all the rules of investing by setting up a new vehicle to back tech firms. The Vision Fund was unusual in several ways. Worth $ioobn, it was enormous. Some $45bn of that came from Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, who got the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund to contribute. It took huge bets on trendy "unicorns"-unlisted firms worth over a billion dollars, such as Uber. And it gave almost total control to Mr Son.
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机译：差不多两年前，日本大亨孙正义（Masayoshi Son）打破了所有投资规则，建立了支持高科技公司的新工具。愿景基金在几个方面都不寻常。价值十亿美元，这是巨大的。其中约450亿美元来自沙特阿拉伯王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼（Muhammad bin Salman），沙特阿拉伯的王储由沙特阿拉伯的主权财富基金出资。在市值超过10亿美元的“独角兽”这类未上市的时尚公司（例如Uber）上大举赌注。它几乎完全控制了儿子先生。
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