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Misra will construct an exterior multi-asset funding fund.
He will stay the CEO of SoftBank Investment Advisors, the entity answerable for the $100 billion Vision Fund which has taken high-profile bets on firms from Uber to Chinese ride-hailing large DiDi. Vision Fund one was based in 2017.
Misra will even stay government vice chairman of SoftBank Group, the mother or father firm.
However, the manager will step down from his role as CEO of SoftBank Global Advisors which manages the second Vision Fund, referred to as Vision Fund 2. Instead, he’ll change into vice chairman and take on a decreased role. SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 was based in 2019.
But SoftBank’s funding technique has come below heavy criticism and pressure amid a string of unhealthy bets and a crash in expertise shares this yr.
One of essentially the most high-profile points got here with co-working area firm WeWork which failed to go public in 2019 after issues had been raised about its enterprise mannequin and company governance. WeWork ultimately went public final yr via a special purpose acquisition company.
SoftBank’s Vision Fund posted a record 3.5 trillion yen loss ($25.7 billion) for its monetary yr ended Mar. 31 as expertise shares continued to get hammered.
The Japanese large’s outspoken founder Masayoshi Son will take a extra direct management role with Vision Fund 2, supported by the prevailing government group.
The Financial Times reported on Thursday that Misra’s new fund might be about $6 billion and be backed by Abu Dhabi’s state funding funds Mubadala and ADQ, as properly as Royal Group.