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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Technology Apple iPad 2 sales seen clearing 1 million units Hacker group releases BofA employee emails Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins AOL as adviser LinkedIn adds Chinese censorship as risk to IPO Facebook hires Google exec to lead M&A efforts App answers practical, weird questions Follow Reuters Facebook hires Google exec to lead M&A efforts Tweet Share this Link this SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has hired a member of Google Inc's corporate development team to lead its fledgling merger and acquisition efforts, as the world's No. 1 Internet social network shows an increasing appetite for deals. Amin... Email Print Related News Facebook puts six on Forbes billionaire list Thu, Mar 10 2011 AOL to cut 20 percent of global workforce: source Thu, Mar 10 2011 UPDATE 3-AOL to cut 20 percent of global workforce -source Thu, Mar 10 2011 Twitter's Stone: no IPO or funding talks Thu, Mar 3 2011 Apple's Jobs puts on lively iPad 2 show Wed, Mar 2 2011 Analysis & Opinion Renault should stick to carmaking — not sleuthing Internet value pops can’t be extrapolated for ever Related Topics Technology » Deals » Inflows Outflows » Media » Facebook » Steve Jobs » Stocks The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California May 26, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith SAN FRANCISCO | Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:21pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has hired a member of Google Inc's corporate development team to lead its fledgling merger and acquisition efforts, as the world's No. 1 Internet social network shows an increasing appetite for deals. Amin Zoufonoun, a director of corporate development at Google, will join Facebook next week, the firm told Reuters on Monday. The move -- the latest development in the rivalry between the two Internet powers -- comes as Facebook steps up its acquisitions, which to date have primarily been small start-ups it has bought for engineering talent rather than actual products. "I think for sure over time they expect to do bigger and bigger deals," said a source familiar with the matter. "They've certainly got the stock and cash to do those kinds of things. So I expect them to be more active." Facebook, which is privately held, recently raised $1.5 billion from investors including Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies, as well as through a private offering to overseas investors conducted by Goldman Sachs, at a valuation of roughly $50 billion. Earlier this month, investment firm General Atlantic bought a stake in Facebook at a $65 billion valuation, according to a report on CNBC. Zoufonoun, who has worked at Google since 2003, according to a biography on LinkedIn, will report to Facebook's Vaughan Smith, who oversees the company's overall corporate development efforts. But Zoufonoun will become the key person overseeing Facebook's M&A efforts and will be tasked with hiring more people for the M&A team, according to the source, who wished to remain anonymous. A Facebook spokesperson said that Zoufonoun's will join Facebook as director, corporate development, but declined to provide further comment. Google had no immediate comment. Last year, Facebook acquired 10 companies, its most ever, including location service HotPotato and Chai Labs. The blog Inside Facebook quoted Smith as saying the company hoped to do "doublish" the number of deals in 2011. Zoufonoun's move is the latest sign of Facebook's ambitious expansion plans and underscores the rivalry between the social networking company and Google. Facebook's popularity threatens to siphon consumers' online time and advertising dollars from Google's Internet search engine. And Facebook has repeatedly reached into Google's executive and engineering ranks to bolster its own workforce, with Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Vice President of Advertising and Global Operations David Fischer and mobile head Erick Tseng, among others, all coming from Google. As Facebook builds up its M&A team, the company could increasingly vie with Google for deals to snap up hot Internet start-ups. Google's M&A chief David Lawee told Reuters in an interview last year that the search giant regularly faces off against a half-dozen rivals for deals, including Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp. (Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic, Editing by Gerald E. 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