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Rocket Drew @ The Information · 11/12/2024 21:34 EDT

Vision Fund Co-CEO Rajeev Misra to Step Down

Rajeev Misra will step down as co-CEO of Japanese investment company SoftBank’s Vision Fund, the company announced on a call with investors Tuesday. Upon Misra’s departure, co-CEO Alex Clavel will become sole CEO of the giant startup fund. Misra helped raise the $100 billion fund in 2017 from ...

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