SoftBank Names Marcelo Claure Chief Operating Officer of SoftBank Group Corp.
2018年5月3日 - 05:25AM
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Claure to Also Serve as Chief Executive Officer
of SoftBank Group International
Claure Has Been Elevated to Executive Chairman
of Sprint
SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank”) today announced the
appointment of Marcelo Claure as Chief Operating Officer of
SoftBank Group Corp. and Chief Executive Officer of
SoftBank Group International. Mr. Claure will also serve
as Executive Chairman of Sprint, one of SoftBank’s largest
portfolio companies, and continue to serve as a Director at both
Sprint and SoftBank.
In his new management role at SoftBank, Mr. Claure
will work closely with Masayoshi Son and Rajeev Misra in
managing the operations of SoftBank’s increasingly global portfolio
of companies. Mr. Claure will be responsible for ensuring that
all group companies and investments are meeting the financial and
operating objectives, as well as managing group synergies and
transformations. In addition, he will be responsible for leading
global government affairs. Mr. Claure will also be responsible
for SoftBank’s ongoing investment in
Sprint and the combined Sprint / T-Mobile company.
“Marcelo has been a close and
trusted advisor for many years and, after watching him at
Brightstar and Sprint, I can say he is an entrepreneur and operator
unlike any other. His energy, integrity, global mindset and
leadership skills will provide tremendous value to SoftBank,” said
Masayoshi Son, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp.
“Marcelo has done a remarkable job in turning
around Sprint, which in fiscal year 2017 delivered the best
financials in the Company’s history, and has positioned the
Company as the true leader in the race to 5G, and he
has fulfilled my original vision of combining Sprint with T-Mobile
to create a company that will drive American leadership
in mobile communications. I am very
happy Marcelo will be joining our team here at
SoftBank.”
“After having the pleasure of working with Masa and
the SoftBank team in my role at Sprint and as
a Board member at SoftBank, I am thrilled to now have the
opportunity to expand our relationship as a member of SoftBank’s
executive leadership team,” said Marcelo Claure. “I look
forward to continuing to work with the Sprint Board and
management team on our turnaround and planned integration
with T-Mobile. Both SoftBank and Sprint are fully committed to
delivering American consumers the world’s best and fastest 5G
network and together with T-Mobile we intend to fulfill that
vision.”
Sprint, one of SoftBank’s largest portfolio
companies, also today announced that Mr. Claure
will become Executive Chairman, which is expected to occur on
or before May 31, 2018. In his new role at Sprint, Mr. Claure will
work closely with Michel Combes, who will take over as
CEO, to guide Sprint’s strategy and its planned
combination with T-Mobile until the closing of the proposed merger.
During this time, Mr. Claure will split his time between SoftBank
and Sprint. Following the close of Sprint’s merger with T-Mobile,
both Mr. Claure and Masayoshi Son will remain on the
Board of Directors of the newly formed company.
Marcelo Claure is currently CEO of Sprint, a member of the Board
of Directors of SoftBank Group Corp, a member of the Board of
Directors of Arm, and Chairman of CTIA – The Wireless Association.
Since joining Sprint in August 2014, Mr. Claure has led the
Company’s significant turnaround, including rejuvenating the
company culture and brand and positioning the company as a leader
in the race to 5G. Sprint has dramatically improved its products
and services and is increasingly garnering top awards from
third-party experts – including Nielsen, Ookla and RootMetrics –
for network reliability, speed, text and call quality. Sprint has
also reversed course from losing nearly 8,000 customers a day in
2014 to adding nearly 14,000 a day in the first fiscal quarter of
2017. Simultaneously, the company has increased revenue, eliminated
billions of dollars in costs, delivered the largest operating
income of the last 10 years and once again generated free cash
flow. Prior to Sprint, Mr. Claure started his first business – a
small retailer of wireless phones – in 1994 and, in 1997, founded
Brightstar, which he transformed from a small, Miami-based wireless
distributor into the world’s largest global wireless distribution
and services company with revenues exceeding $10 billion and a
presence in more than 50 countries. In 2014, Mr. Claure partnered
with David Beckham and Simon Fuller to launch Miami Beckham United,
a venture to establish a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami. He
also currently owns BAISA, which operates Club Bolivar, Bolivia’s
most popular and successful soccer team in national and
international competition. Mr. Claure is a Young Global Leader of
the World Economic Forum and a member of Ernst & Young’s
Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame. In 2016, he was among 42
individuals selected by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as
part of the “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” initiative
recognizing notable contributions to the progress of our society.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance in 1993
and an honorary Doctorate of Commercial Science from Bentley
University in Massachusetts.
About the SoftBank Group
The SoftBank Group is a global technology player that aspires to
drive the Information Revolution. The SoftBank Group is comprised
of the holding company SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO:9984) and its
global portfolio of companies, which includes advanced
telecommunications, internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and
clean energy technology providers. In September 2016, Arm Holdings
plc, the world's leading semiconductor IP company, joined the
SoftBank Group. In May 2017, the SoftBank Vision Fund, which
invests globally in the businesses and technologies that will
enable the next stage of the Information Revolution, had its first
major close with over USD 93 billion in committed capital. To learn
more, please visit www.softbank.com.
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