The company said that it plans to improve its
governance by asking an independent search
company to find up to three candidates to
become independent board members for
approval at the company’s annual general
stockholders meeting.
SoftBank has powerful companies under its
wing, including Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce,
retail and net conglomerate, Yahoo! Japan and
the British IOT company Arm.
Among SoftBank’s sprawling businesses are ride-
sharing Uber and the talking Pepper humanoid.