Clear he wasnt quite ready to step down. Now arora is one of the most prominent free agents in silicon valley. Joining me today on bloombergs studio 1. 0, former softbank president and google chief business officer, nikesh arora. Nikesh, thanks so much for joining us. Its great to have you. Nikesh well, thank you very much for having me. Emily i want to start at the beginning. You were born in india. Your dad was in the air force. Tell me about your up bringing. Nikesh i grew up in a lower middle class family in india. My father worked for the Indian Air Force like you mentioned. We moved every few years from city to city, wherever his job took him. And we grew up with some degree of discipline in the house, because thats what you get when you work for someone in the armed forces. Emily tell me about how you came to the United States and your initial experience. Nikesh i got accepted to northeastern. We had Foreign Exchange controls so you could cash about 200 or 300. So i had 200 or 3
Now arora is one of the most prominent free agents in silicon valley. Joining me today on bloombergs studio 1. 0, former softbank president and google chief business officer, nikesh arora. Thanks for joining us, great to have you. Thank you. Emily i want to start at the beginning. You were born in india. Your dad was in the air force. Tell me about your up bringing. Nikesh i grew up in a lower middle class family in india. My father worked for the Indian Air Force like you mentioned. We moved every few years from city to city, wherever his job took him. We grew up with some degree of discipline in the house, because that is what you get when you work for someone in the armed forces. Emily tell me about how you came to the u. S. And your initial experience. Nikesh i got accepted to northeastern. We had a Foreign Exchange controls so you could cash about 200 or 300. I had 200 or 300 in my pocket, i had my fathers retirement account of 3000. He said you can have it as long as you give it
Editord our executive what is going on. Reporter the goal for the kingdom is to keep iran out of syria as much as possible. What is supporting that regime are the russians dominantly, but also the iranians. Theres a logic iranian syriance in that the saudis dont want and dont want to accept. The seem to be moving towards the russians. They see it as a way to limit the iranian influence in syria. Yousef the relationship with russia has been very difficult. Is it too early to call it a arente that the saudis looking to open with the russians in the interest of the saudi arabia priorities . Reporter we will see. It remains to be seen how far this will go. There is clearly dialogue. When it comes to oil policy, energy policy, opec, they talk. They have common interests. It is not like the russians and the saudis stop talking to each other and say, you are our enemy, or whenever. The does seem to be an opening. The saudis to see the russians as potential partners to find a resolution to the
No longer want regime change in syria. They want bashar assad to stay in power. We asked our executive editor in africa what is going on. Our best bet is to keep iran out of syria. The dominance the russians are quite dominant here, but they are supporting them and also the ukrainians. There is a large military economicand also presence in syria right now, something that the saudis do not want to accept. Seem to be moving towards the russians, and they see it as a way to limit the iranian influence in syria. Relationship has been a difficult one for over the past two years, is it too newy to call it a turn in a page that the saudis are willing to open with the russians in the interest of saudi arabia and priorities . We will see. Well see how far this will go. There is clearly dialogue. It has to be remembered that when it comes to oil and energy policy, they talk. They have common interests. It is not like the russians and the saudis stop talking to each other, and say you are our ene
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