n
Key Points
n
n
n
n
nNikesh Arora is one of thenmost globally known Indian businessmen. He had just recently resigned from thenpost of President of Japanese SoftBank. He had got recognition as a seniornbusiness executive of Google.
n
n
n
n
n
nThe sudden exit of Nikeshnfrom SoftBank was quite shocking. He was under fire and even an investigationnwas done on the complain of a shareholder. He was proved innocence afternthorough enquiry. But, when everything looked settled, he put down papers. Henwas handpicked by the maverick founder and CEO of SoftBank Masayoshi Son.
n
n
n
n
n
nSoftBank has made hugeninvestment in India in various ventures. It would be interesting to see how thencompany handles these investments without Nikesh Arora.
n
nNikesh was also in news fornhis ridiculously high salary that he was getting from SoftBank. In IndiannRupees, he was getting Rs. 4 Crore per day.
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nProfile of Nikesh Arora
n
n
n
nNikesh Arora’s father was annofficer with the Indian Air Force. Nikesh did engineering from Indian Institutenof Technology – BHU in 1989. It must be noted here that at the time of Nikeshnengineering, this college was not an IIT. After completing degree withnElectrical Engineering, Nitesh went the USA and took admission in BostonnCollege for MS. Later, he did MBA from Northeastern University. It should benmentioned here that apart from B.Tech, MS and MBA, Nikesh also holds CFAndesignation.
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nWife of Nikesh Arora
n
n
n
nNikesh Arora marriednsocialite Ayesha Thapar in July, 2014. This was a big fat Punjabi marriagenwhich was intensively covered by Indian and USA press.
n
n
n
n
n
nThenmarriage was solemnized in Italy and was attended by celebrities from Bollywoodnand Hollywood. Needless to say, tech giants from Google and other SiliconnValley companies were there.
n
n
n
n
n
nThe couple has a son.
n
n
n
n
n
nAyesha is the scion ofnpowerful Thapar family of Delhi. She is going to handle Indian City Propertiesnof Thapar family.
n
n
n
n
n
nInterestingly, it was secondnmarriage for both Nikesh and Ayesha.
n
n
n
n
n
nPreviously, Ayesha wasnmarried to a Turk businessman based in Miami. They had divorced mutually. It isnsaid that she started to date Nikesh without even divorcing.
n
n
nAnd, it was the main reasonnwhy Nikesh’ first wife asked her to go away from her life. The name of Nikesh’nfirst wife was Kiran. They had a daughter. In fact, the daughter is still inntouch with Nikesh. But, Kiran doesn’t want to see Nikesh anymore.
n
n
nREAD ALSO: IIT JEE Rank of Sundar Pichai
n
n
n
n
nREAD ALSO: IIT JEE Rank of Sundar Pichai
n
n
nn
n
