Rajeev Misra to head SoftBank’s UD 100 billion Fund

Q.  India born Rajeev Misra was appointed as the head of which fund founded by SoftBank Corp and the Japanese Group in Oct 2016?
- Published on 26 Oct 16

a. SoftBank Development Vision Fund
b. SoftBank Development Fund
c. SoftBank Vision Fund
d. None of the above

ANSWER: SoftBank Vision Fund
 
Rajeev Misra to head SoftBank’s UD 100 billion FundSoftBank Vision Fund will invest in tech companies worldwide. Misra, in the third week of October 2016, was appointed the SoftBank Vision Fund constituted by Japanese telecom and internet major SoftBank Corp.
  • The fund is managed in the UK by a subsidiary of the Saudi Binladin Group
  • It is one of the largest kind in the world
  • The fund will function from London
  • Misra was previously the Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Group Corp for nearly 2 years from November 3, 2014
  • Misra joined Softbank in November 2014
  • He spent 5 years at UBS in the post of Global head of Credit and Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities in EU, AU and Middle East
  • He has also served as the Head of Credit Derivatives and Chief of Global Credit Trading at Duetsche Bank AG
  • He is an alumni of DPS, Delhi and IIT-Delhi
  • He also pursued his graduation from UPenn
  • He is also an MBA from Sloan School of Management after which he joined Merrill Lynch

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