Facebook Hires Google M&A Expert Zoufonoun

Facebook has hired Google’s Director of Corporate Development, Amin Zoufonoun, to help build the social network’s nascent mergers and acquisitions team.

Reuters has reported that Zoufonoun will join Facebook next week. He had worked at Google since 2003, evaluating and negotiating investments in other companies. His work included leading some of these deals in the U.S. and internationally, including On2, Grandcentral (Google Voice), Metaweb, Widevine, Feedburner, Simplify Media. He also filed numerous patents on behalf of his employer.