SoftBank Announces Expanded Role for Rene Haas; Continues as Arm CEO
Tokyo, Japan - April 21, 2026 - SoftBank Group Corp. (“SBG”) today announced that Rene Haas, Chief Executive Officer of Arm Holdings plc (“Arm”) and a member of the SoftBank Group Board of Directors, will assume the extended role of Chief Executive Officer of SoftBank Group International (“SBGI”), effective April 21, 2026.
SBGI is an operating platform that oversees certain international subsidiaries of SoftBank Group Corp.
In this expanded role, Mr. Haas will support coordination across companies in the SBGI portfolio focused on semiconductors and artificial intelligence, with the aim of further enhancing operational efficiency.
He will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Arm and remain a member of its Board of Directors.
About SoftBank Group Corp.
The SoftBank Group invests in breakthrough technology to improve the quality of life for people around the world. The SoftBank Group is comprised of SoftBank Group Corp. (TSE: 9984), an investment holding company that includes stakes in AI, smart robotics, IoT, telecommunications, internet services, and clean energy technology providers, as well as a majority stake in Arm, which is building the future of computing; and the SoftBank Vision Funds, which are investing to help transform industries and shape new ones. To learn more, please visit https://group.softbank/en.
About Arm
Arm is the foundational compute platform for AI, delivering power-efficient, high-performance computing that reaches 100 percent of the connected population.
To meet the insatiable demand for compute, Arm’s platform spans foundational technologies, advanced compute subsystems and purpose-built silicon, giving the world’s leading technology companies the flexibility to design, build and deploy AI at scale.
Arm has the world’s largest computing ecosystem, including over 22 million developers, and together we are building the future of AI on Arm.
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