Ex-Facebook India MD Kirthiga Reddy joins SoftBank Vision Fund

Reddy was the first staff at Facebook India back in 2010, and is credited for cementing the firm's operations in the country. She left the position in 2016 and moved back to the HQ

Japanese investment giant SoftBank has hired Facebook executive Kirthiga Reddy as a venture partner for its $100 billion Vision Fund. In her new role, she will work closely with Deep Nishar, senior managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, and will be based in San Carlos, California.

“After over seven years at Facebook — starting as the first employee and managing director for Facebook India and the last two years at HQ as managing global client partner and emerging markets lead — I am thrilled to join SoftBank Investment Advisers as their first venture partner,” Reddy wrote in a post on Facebook.

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