SoftBank’s Masa Son pulls out of Saudi conference after journalist’s death

SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son is the latest executive to pull out of an investment conference in Riyadh following the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Son cancelled plans to attend the Future Investment Initiative on Tuesday, the conference’s first day, the New York Times reported. The news comes on the heels of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly spoke about the killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Other executives have also backed out […]

source https://therealdeal.com/2018/10/23/softbanks-masa-son-pulls-out-of-saudi-investment-conference-after-journalists-death/