Full Name

Alok Sama

Job Title

Writer & Ex-President

Company

Softbank Group

Speaker Bio

Alok is the author of the bestselling literary memoir The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble. He serves as a Senior Advisor to Warburg Pincus LLC, Chairs the Advisory Board for Valhalla Ventures and is a director of Baer Capital Partners. He was formerly President & CFO of SoftBank Group International (“SBGI”) and Chief Strategy Officer for SoftBank Group (“SBG”). His responsibilities included corporate development, M&A, all proprietary investments and investor relations for SBG. Additionally, he was responsible for the finance functions for SBGI and its operating affiliates. While at SoftBank, Alok led the $59bn merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, the $34bn acquisition of ARM Holdings Plc, the $10bn disposition of SoftBank's stake in Alibaba Group Holding, the $8.6bn sale of Supercell Oy to Tencent Holdings, and the restructuring of SoftBank’s holding in Yahoo Japan. He was also responsible for multiple growth capital investments across technology verticals, including ride sharing, fintech, and communications. Alok was formerly a Board member at Arm Holdings, Fortress Investment Group, SoFi, Brightstar Corp, Softbank Energy, SoftBank Group Capital, and Airtel Africa. Alok has over 30 years of investment banking, capital market and investment experience in New York, London and Hong Kong. Alok was formerly a senior Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. While at Morgan Stanley, he led the firms communications practise in Europe and the TMT practise in the Asia-Pacific region. He also established Morgan Stanley's capital markets business in Asia, and the investment banking practise in India. His experience include M&A advisory, IPOs, restructuring and financing transactions for clients in North America, Europe and Asia. Alok also co-founded Baer Capital Partners, an alternative asset management firm focused on India with over $300mm in assets, in partnership with the Baer family and Dubai Holdings. He continues to be a Director of Baer Capital. He is a member of the CNBC Global CFO Council, and a former Chairman of the London Chapter of the Young President's Organization (YPO).