Meet Alex Clavel, a US dealmaker behind SoftBank’s investing cleanup

When he left Morgan Stanley to join SoftBank Group in Tokyo in 2015, Alex Clavel had little in common with the swashbuckling dealmakers who surrounded CEO Masayoshi Son.

After years of executive departures and soured bets, including a $16 billion investment in co-working space firm WeWork, the 49-year-old former tech investment banker is Son’s top lieutenant leading SoftBank’s attempt at a turnaround.