Tokyo: Japanese conglomerate SoftBank on Wednesday said Ken Miyauchi, head of the group's Japanese telecommunications operations, would replace Nikesh Arora as president and chief operating officer.
Miyauchi held 1,101,230 shares of SBG as of March 31, 2016, according to a statement by SoftBank. Arora, who was touted as heir apparent at SoftBank, had said he can't be "CEO-in-waiting past his sell-by date" as his 58-year-old boss Son wanted to continue.
Arora, who was hand-picked by Son two years ago to succeed him, was among the top-paid executives globally. He will remain in an advisory role at SoftBank for a year.
Arora's exit came just a day after he got a clean-chit from a special committee set up by SoftBank to look into the allegations against him from some shareholders about his conduct and qualifications.
He was also reportedly criticised by a SoftBank investor for pumping huge money in India and one of the investment went through rough weather in a realty business based web portal.
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