Nikesh Arora, chief business officer for Google, is leaving the company to join SoftBank Corporation as Vice Chairman as well as Chief Executive Office of SoftBank Internet and Media.
Omid Kordestani will replace Arora. The news is on their press release under Management Change.
Nikesh Arora, our Chief Business Officer, will be leaving Google after almost ten years at the company to join one of our partners, SoftBank, as Vice Chairman of SoftBank Corp. and CEO of SoftBank Internet and Media. He will join this afternoon’s earnings call as usual. Omid Kordestani, who was our business founder and led our sales teams for many years, will be stepping in to lead our business organization for now.