One of the world's top paid execs just resigned. Now he can't stop tweeting about it.
Typically when a top exec steps down, he or she puts out a bright and cheery statement about needing to spend more time with family and maybe does a few heavily scripted interviews with the media.
Nikesh Arora, a former Google executive, decided to take a slightly different approach.
Arora, the president of SoftBank and one of the highest-paid executives in the world, resigned on Tuesday amid investor pressure and founder Masayoshi Son's decision to remain CEO for years -- a role Arora was expected to take over in the near future.
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"I have enjoyed working with Masa and the SoftBank team and I look forward to my next challenge," Arora said in a statement.
He could have left it there, but then he took the conversation to Twitter, replying to questions and press with surprising candor and humor about his decision to step down, his regrets, what he plans to do next and even the lesson he learned from his father.
Arora has been tweeting for three hours and counting, as of this writing.
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Seth Fiegerman was a Senior Business Reporter at Mashable, where he covered startups, marketing and the latest consumer tech trends. He joined Mashable in August 2012 and is based in New York.Before joining Mashable, Seth covered all things Apple as a reporter at Silicon Alley Insider, the tech section of Business Insider. He has also worked as a staff writer at TheStreet.com and as an editor at Playboy Magazine. His work has appeared in Newsweek, NPR, Kiplinger, Portfolio and The Huffington Post.Seth received his Bachelor of Arts from New York University, where he majored in journalism and philosophy.In his spare time, Seth enjoys bike riding around Brooklyn and writing really bad folk songs.
