Google's chief business officer Nikesh Arora leaving company

Google's Chief Business Officer India-born Nikesh Arora, regarded as among the top lieutenants at the Internet search giant, is leaving the company after almost 10 years.

Arora is moving to Japan's SoftBank Corp as vice chairman, according to a post by Google CEO Larry Page on his social network site.

"After almost ten years, Nikesh Arora, our Chief Business Officer, has decided to leave Google to join one of our partners, SoftBank, as vice chairman of SoftBank Corp and CEO of SoftBank Internet and Media.

Earlier in Match, Google had announced that Arora would receive a bonus of USD 3.5 million, the highest amount paid to a top executive at the company for performance in FY2013.

Arora is a graduate of the Institute of Technology in Varanasi and Northeastern University.

According to a filing made by the technology company with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Arora received USD 3.5 million annual discretionary cash bonus, up from USD 2.8 million in the previous year, in recognition of his contributions to performance in fiscal year 2013.