What is Masason Foundation?
{{uncat|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Masason Foundation | logo = MASASON FOUNDATION LOGO.jpg | native_name = 孫正義育英財団 | native_name_lang = ja | founded = December 5, 2016 | founder = Masayoshi Son | hq_location = 1-7-1, Kaigan, Minato-Ku, Tokyo }} [[File:Masayoshi Son.jpg|thumb|210x210px|Founder of the Masason Foundation, Masayoshi Son, in 2008.]] The Masason Foundation is a [[Philanthropy|philanthropic]] organization dedicated to providing an environment that enables youth with high aspirations and exceptional talents to develop their skills and contribute to the future of humankind.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-07-28|title=孫正義育英財団が本格始動、孫代表「お互い刺激し合って」|language=ja|work=Reuters|url=https://jp.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1AD1EQ/|access-date=2024-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-11|title=孫社長､山中教授が檄｢若者はすぐ渡米せよ｣|url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/158089|access-date=2024-01-15|website=東洋経済オンライン|language=ja}}</ref> == About == The Masason Foundation was founded in 2016 by [[Masayoshi Son]], who is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of [[SoftBank Group Corp]], a Japanese multinational conglomerate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Billionaire VC Masayoshi Son says ChatGPT moves him to tears as A.I. pushes him to ask, ‘What is mankind?’|url=https://fortune.com/2023/06/21/billionaire-vc-masayoshi-son-ai-what-is-mankind-superhuman-softbank/|access-date=2024-01-15|website=Fortune|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-01-23|title=孫正義育英財団に選ばれた高校生は何が違う？異次元な好奇心の伸ばし方|url=https://diamond.jp/articles/-/316270|access-date=2024-01-15|website=ダイヤモンド・オンライン|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=プログラミングコンテストで活躍する小６生を成長させた、モンテッソーリ教育と両親それぞれのよりそい力【孫正義育英財団】｜ベネッセ教育情報サイト|url=https://benesse.jp/kyouiku/202108/20210831-1.html|access-date=2024-01-15|website=ベネッセ 教育情報サイト}}</ref> The Vice President of the Masason Foundation is [[Shinya Yamanaka]], a laureate of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ravven|first=Wallace|date=2017-01-16|title=The Stem-Cell Revolution Is Coming — Slowly|language=en-US|w