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This Indian banker is being touted as the next Chief of Japan's SoftBank

BI India BureauMay 11, 2015, 16:16 IST

Soft Bank Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Monday that Vice Chairman Nikesh Arora was a strong candidate to lead the Japanese telecommunications and Internet conglomerate in the future.

"Yes. He's 10 years younger than me, and he has more abilities than me," Son told reporters at an earnings briefing, when asked if Arora was a potential candidate.

"The last nine months I've spent with him have made me sure of that, but I'm not going to retire soon," the billionaire founder of SoftBank added.

SoftBank hired the former Google Inc executive last July to run a newly created unit called SoftBank Internet and Media, reporting directly to Son.