SoftBank Vision Fund has hired Andrew Kovacs from Sequoia Capital to head up its public relations.
Andrew Kovacs has left venture capital firm Sequoia Capital to take the global head of communications position at Vision Fund, the venture capital fund run by telecommunications firm SoftBank.
Sequoia appointed Kovacs in 2012 to be its first communications and policy lead, assigning him responsibilities that included marketing services for the firm’s portfolio companies.
Kovacs previously spent five years working communications and public affairs as a senior manager at internet technology provider Google, now part of the Alphabet holding company.
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