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Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group Corp.'s record on tech investing took a drubbing after flameouts like WeWork and DoorDash .
The shares gained 25% in their debut Thursday after the company raised $4.87 billion to make it the largest US IPO in almost two years .
But for all the back slapping and congratulations the listing produced, it also showed the downside of playing it safe.
During the meeting, a headline hit from the Wall Street Journal that the pricing would be $ 52 a share, surprised the bankers and executives, who ended up settling on $ 51 a share.
“It’s a combination of a wedding, a graduation, and Bar Mitzvah in terms of how people feel about the day,” Haas said in an interview.
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