Misra put together a novel loan package secured by Sprint's wireless licenses that helped it avoid bankruptcy. From the start, Misra clashed with Nikesh Arora, a hotshot former Google executive Son recruited in 2014 to oversee SoftBank's startup investing, according to people with direct knowledge of their relationship. Arora would openly question Misra's judgment, even on financial issues, leaving him fuming, the people said. In early 2015, Misra set out to undermine Arora and one of his allies at SoftBank, Alok Sama, the Wall Street Journal reported in February. The newspaper said Misra worked through intermediaries to plant negative stories about the executives, concocted a shareholder campaign against them and attempted unsuccessfully to lure Arora into a sexual tryst.