Facebook hires Google exec to lead M&A efforts

 

Move confirmed.

Facebook has hired a member of Google's corporate development team to lead its fledgling merger and acquisitions efforts, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Amin Zoufonoun, a director of corporate development at Google, will join the world's No.1 Internet social network company, the source said.

A Facebook representative confirmed the move.

(Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic, Editing by Maureen Bavdek)

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