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Nikesh Arora's SoftBank Exit Bares Passing-Of-Baton Problem: Foreign Media

SoftBank Group Corp president Nikesh Arora steps down Nikesh Arora was heir apparent at SoftBank Group SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son wants to remain at helm of firm

Nikesh Arora aspired to be chief executive officer of SoftBank.
Nikesh Arora aspired to be chief executive officer of SoftBank.
The surprise departure of Nikesh Arora, heir apparent at SoftBank Group Corp., highlights a problem many Japanese companies face: passing the reins to a successor. SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, 58, said Tuesday he wants to remain at the helm of the company he built from a computer software distributor into one of Japan's largest telecommunications and investment groups, while Arora aspired to be chief executive officer more quickl...
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