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Eliot Brown

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ARTICLES BY ELIOT BROWN

President Trump with the U.A.E.’s Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi. Photo: brendan smialowski/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

How Gulf Sheikhs played their Trump cards into a massive AI chip deal

5 min read . 16 May 2025

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) and US President Donald Trump (C) leave following a state dinner at Lusail Palace in Doha on May 14, 2025. (Image: AFP)

How Qatar spent billions to gain influence in the US

6 min read . 15 May 2025

Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, looks over a proposed luxury-resort plan in Doha, Qatar, last month. The Trump Organization signed on April 30, its first development deal in Qatar to build a golf course and residential villas near the capital Doha. (Photo: AFP)

Trump’s family is rapidly striking business deals in the Mideast

7 min read . 12 May 2025

The UAE’s national security adviser, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. (UAE PRESIDENTIAL COURT/AFP)

The ‘spy sheikh’ taking the AI world by storm

10 min read . 27 Feb 2025

SoftBank Group’s CEO Masayoshi Son with President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Monday. Photo: brian snyder/Reuters

What’s behind Masayoshi Son’s $100 billion pledge to Donald Trump

5 min read . 17 Dec 2024

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son wants to invest in artificial intelligence. (Bloomberg News)

Trump, SoftBank CEO to announce $100 billion investment in US

2 min read . 16 Dec 2024

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo: Via Reuters)

The problem for futuristic city Neom? Saudi Arabia doesn’t have enough money

1 min read . 14 Nov 2024

The Saudi Pro League’s spending on new players fell to just over $530 million this summer. Photo: stringer/Reuters

The soccer world’s new big spender slashes budget for stars

4 min read . 04 Sep 2024

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. (Photo: AFP) (AFP)

Saudi Arabia’s $54 billion haul still leaves it craving cash

5 min read . 21 Jun 2024

A rendering of Neom, a $500 billion city that will feature a pair of mirror-glass-covered, 110-mile-long buildings taller than the Empire State Building. (NEOM/AFP/Getty Images)

Megaprojects in the desert sap Saudi Arabia’s cash

6 min read . 20 Feb 2024

WeWork’s model of leasing offices attracted an enormous valuation at the company’s peak.

A Possible Winner From WeWork’s Troubles? Adam Neumann

4 min read . 09 Nov 2023

A WeWork building in Tempe, Ariz.

Adam Neumann Wounded WeWork, an Office Market Bust Finished It Off

11 min read . 02 Nov 2023

Super Investor Sam Altman’s Interests Collide in a Nuclear Merger

Super Investor Sam Altman’s Interests Collide in a Nuclear Merger

4 min read . 12 Oct 2023

FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried told several investors on a call Wednesday that he needed emergency funding to cover a shortfall of up to $8 billion. Photo: Reuters

Silicon valley poured money into FTX, with few strings attached

5 min read . 14 Nov 2022

Stock-market investors in SPACs that merged with private companies since 2015 lost an average 37% of their investment a year after the merger through the end of September

SPAC sponsors were winners even on losers

4 min read . 16 Oct 2022

SoftBank Group chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son (Photo: Reuters)

SoftBank considers launching a third Vision Fund

3 min read . 14 Sep 2022

Despite a pledge to be more restrained in his investing, given a history that included embarrassing recent flops alongside his wins, Mr. Son and his team plowed $38 billion from SoftBank’s latest giant fund into 183 companies last year, according to SoftBank’s filings (Photo: Bloomberg)

SoftBank Emerges as a Big Loser of the Tech Downturn. Again

10 min read . 03 Aug 2022

Marcho’s shares in Cazoo were valued at $15 million as of June 30, down from $125 million at the start of the year, according to calculations from FactSet (Photo: iStock)

London-based hedge fund reels as tech bet goes wrong

3 min read . 02 Aug 2022

Rajeev Misra will stay on in a reduced capacity at SoftBank, overseeing the original Vision Fund investments, while stepping back from oversight of its successor, Vision Fund 2, according to the memo

Rajeev Misra to step back from top executive role at SoftBank

4 min read . 07 Jul 2022

Highflying Tiger Global humbled by unraveling of giant tech bet

11 min read . 06 Jun 2022