Nikesh Arora’s Sassy Replies to Twitterati after SoftBank Exit

His exit did not dampen his humour and sharp wit.

A day after Nikesh Arora stepped down as the SoftBank Chief Business Officer, he took to Twitter to talk to people about “Nexit”.

Masa 2 continue 2 be CEO for 5-10 years, respect that. Learnt a lot. Clean chit from board after through review. Time for me to move on.

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016

Arora wrote about how there was no bad blood between him and Masayoshi Son, as the former will assume an advisory role from 1 July.

No! Arora departs after doing what he promised and Masa wanting to be CEO for longer. :). Arora for clean chit. https://t.co/nthM0l65c3

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016

Masa and I are still in love with each other. I will support everyone I invested in, and they know that. https://t.co/g3QAAC1jbo

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016

In less than 140 characters, he explained the reason for his exit.

No...didn't want to be CEO in waiting past my sell by date :) https://t.co/PRDaQprmyl

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016

Honestly I think I responded to more customer complaints than most investors :). It's the company's job! https://t.co/5beTAGbFlG

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016

He went on to tweet cheekily, exposing a quirky side.

Well only time will tell wont it? Also, conquering is so 13th century... https://t.co/hfA8AEagCu

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016

I have never had a leash...ask my mom. https://t.co/4oupOEjvn3

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016

Hmm - if i step down, you can look across instead of up? Just kidding . https://t.co/XStZyrlY4L

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016

When asked about his future plans, he said he would make it public in due course.

You wont have to watch out...it will be in your face :) - but not for a while. https://t.co/u1DuyUV6YA

— Nikesh Arora (@nikesharora) June 21, 2016