– JAPAN, Tokyo – SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO: 9984) today announced the appointment of Alex Clavel as CEO of SoftBank Group International, effective June 30, 2022, succeeding Michel Combes, who has left SoftBank to pursue new opportunities.
Mr. Clavel will bring seven years of leadership experience at SoftBank across Tokyo, Silicon Valley, and New York to the role, in which he will oversee SBGI’s operations and investment portfolio, including its stakes in Boston Dynamics, SoFi, Fortress, T-Mobile, Arm, among other portfolio companies. Together with the SoftBank Vision Funds, SoftBank Group International is responsible for all SoftBank Group Corp. activities outside of Japan, including across Europe, the U.S., Asia, and Latin America.
“Building on more than two decades of experience in corporate development and investing, Alex has long been a trusted leader at SoftBank in multiple locations around the globe. I am confident that his experience – combined with the strong SoftBank team around him – will serve us well as we continue our journey as Vision Capitalists,” said Masa Son, Chairman & CEO of SoftBank Group Corp.
About Alex Clavel
Most recently, Mr. Clavel has been responsible for managing several of SoftBank’s international platforms of investments outside of the Vision Funds, including T-Mobile, Deutsche Telecom, WeWork, and OneWeb. He serves as a director on the boards of numerous companies and investment vehicles, including Arm China, Boston Dynamics, InMobi, SB Energy, Goggo, and Levere Holdings Corp. Mr. Clavel joined SoftBank in Tokyo in 2015 and worked in SoftBank’s Silicon Valley office before moving to New York with SoftBank in 2018.
Alex Clavel commented, “I am honored by the trust Masa has placed in me to lead SBGI and am fortunate to have worked alongside Michel. I am excited to build on our success and for what’s to come.”
Before joining SoftBank, Mr. Clavel spent 19 years at Morgan Stanley in investment banking, where he focused on technology, media, and telecom M&A. He graduated from Princeton University and speaks French, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese.
About SoftBank Group
The SoftBank Group invests in breakthrough technology to improve the quality of life for people around the world. The SoftBank Group is comprised of SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO: 9984), an investment holding company that includes stakes in telecommunications, internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT, and clean energy technology providers; the SoftBank Vision Funds, which are investing more than US$140 billion to help extraordinary entrepreneurs transform industries and shape new ones; the US$8 billion SoftBank Latin America Funds; and investments in underrepresented founders, including the SB Opportunity Fund, a US$100+ million fund investing in Black, Latinx and Native American founders, and SoftBank Investment Advisers’ global Emerge program.
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