 "Marcelo Claure, Masayoshi Son, SoftBank")
SoftBank, the Japanese conglomerate that became synonymous with freewheeling spending on unprofitable technology start-ups including WeWork and Uber, is trying to spend less money — starting with one of its own top executives.
Marcelo Claure, the firm’s chief operating officer and a close confidant of the SoftBank founder and chief executive Masayoshi Son, is seeking roughly $2 billion in compensation over the next several years, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions who were not authorised to speak publicly on pay issues. Son and other senior SoftBank executives in Japan are seeking to pay Claure a much smaller
