SoftBank's Son tops Japan execs in dividend income at over $130m

12 company officials make the billion-yen club for year ended March as payouts grow

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SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son holds around 30% of the company's outstanding shares. © Reuters

HINAKO SATO and KENSHO MOTOWAKI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group CEO and Chairman Masayoshi Son received more in dividends from his company than any other official at a Japanese business for the fiscal year ended March, calculations by Nikkei show.

Son held 426.66 million shares in SoftBank Group as of the end of March, the technology investor's annual securities report shows. His holdings, despite shrinking by over 30 million shares from a year earlier, still account for around 30% of outstanding shares, excluding treasury stock.

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