Uber Japan Chief Masami Takahashi Is Said to Leave for WeWork
- Uber has struggled to build ride-hailing business in Japan
- WeWork to begin offering office space in Japan in February
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Masami Takahashi, president of Uber Technologies Inc. in Japan, is leaving the ride-hailing company to join WeWork Cos. in the country, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Takahashi will join the co-working space provider as it prepares to start operations in Japan, the people said, asking to not be identified because the details are private. SoftBank Group Corp. is a backer of WeWork, the world’s eighth-most valuable startup, and is considering an investment of as much as $10 billion in Uber.