Ken Miyauchi appointed as President and COO of SoftBank Group

Ken Miyauchi has been appointed as the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group.

He will succeed Nikesh Arora who had stepped down from his position after the Chairman and CEO of Group Masayoshi Son wanted to remain at the helm longer than first planned.

Prior to this appointment, Ken Miyauchi was head of the SoftBank group’s Japanese telecommunications operations.

He has been working with the SoftBank Group since October 1984.

About SoftBank

SoftBank Group is a Japanese multinational telecommunications and Internet corporation established in 1981 in Tokyo.

It has operations in fixed-line telecommunications, broadband, Internet, e-commerce, technology services, media, finance and marketing, and other businesses.

As of 2015, the group is the 62nd largest company in the world based on a composite of sales, assets, profit and market value.

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