TOKYO -- SoftBank Group is ending an era of close involvement with Jack Ma, saying on Monday that the Alibaba Group Holding co-founder would leave its board after 13 years.
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SoftBank founder and chairman Masayoshi Son and Alibaba Group Holding co-founder Jack Ma at Tokyo University in 2019 (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group is ending an era of close involvement with Jack Ma, saying on Monday that the Alibaba Group Holding co-founder would leave its board after 13 years.