ARM CEO Simon Segars Joins SoftBank Group Board of Directors
June 21 2017 - 12:19AM
Business Wire
ARM Holdings plc today announced that CEO Simon Segars’
appointment to the SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) Board of Directors
was formally approved at SBG’s 37th Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders held today in Tokyo.
SBG earlier announced new board candidates to strengthen
corporate governance and accelerate growth. Mr. Segars’ appointment
comes following SoftBank’s historic 2016 acquisition of ARM for
US$32 billion.
“I’m honored to join the SoftBank Board at this exciting next
stage of innovation,” said Segars. “In the same way it transformed
mobile computing from chip to cloud and all points in between, ARM
shapes the smart, connected world of IOT across a common platform.
This is at the heart of the SoftBank vision and I look forward to
working with the team to make it a reality.”
More information on SBG’s 37th Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders can be found here.
About Simon Segars
Simon Segars, CEO, has been at the heart of transformational
change in the technology industry for 25 years. He led the
development of early ARM processors for the world’s first digital
mobile phones and now spearheads ARM’s vision for smart and
connected technologies that create better social, economic,
education and health prospects for all. Before being appointed CEO
in July 2013, Simon held several leadership positions within ARM’s
engineering and business development teams. He is based in
California’s Silicon Valley, and spends much of his time meeting
leading influencers in the world’s technology hubs in the US,
Europe and China.
In addition to joining the Board of SoftBank Group, Simon serves
on the Boards of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the
Electric System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), and as a
non-executive director at Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
About ARM
ARM technology is at the heart of the computing and
connectivity revolution that is transforming the way people live
and businesses operate. Our advanced, energy-efficient processor
designs are enabling the intelligence in 100 billion silicon chips
and securely powering products from the sensor to the smartphone to
the supercomputer. With more than 1,000 technology partners
including the world's largest business and consumer brands, we
are driving ARM innovation into all areas compute is happening
inside the chip, the network and the cloud.
About SoftBank Group
The SoftBank Group is a global technology player that aspires to
drive the Information Revolution. The SoftBank Group is comprised
of the holding company SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO: 9984) and its
global portfolio of companies, which includes advanced
telecommunications, Internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and
clean energy technology providers. In September 2016, ARM Holdings
plc, the world's leading semiconductor IP company, joined the
SoftBank Group. To learn more, please visit www.softbank.com.
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