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Several SoftBank Vision Fund Partners Depart

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Martin Peers
· · Source: Bloomberg

Several SoftBank Vision Fund partners have left the company, Bloomberg reported , including the fund’s COO Ruwan Weerasekera. He will be succeeded by Neil Hadley, who is the chief of staff to the CEO Rajeev Misra. Bloomberg reported that other partners to defect include Penny Bodle, who headed investor relations, Avi Golan, Ted Fike and Justin Wilson. These exits follow the departure of...

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