complaints with the US SEC and media leaks targeted Nikesh Arora, a one-time heir apparent to SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, and Alok Sama, the company’s current chief strategy officer.

It was May 2015 when Masayoshi Son first appointed Nikesh Arora as the President of Softbank Global, with hints of making him the potential successor of the company. His mandate was to increase ...