Larry Cook, finance director at Intel Capital, semiconductor and data technology provider Intel’s corporate venturing unit since 2013, has joined investment firm Omidyar Network as head of operations for its Financial Inclusion division.
During his five-year stint at Intel Capital, Cook managed equity investments and M&A strategy across the firm’s artificial intelligence, data centre and autonomous driving portfolios.
Cook’s deals included Intel Capital’s investment in enterprise data software provider Cloudera. The corporate held a 22% stake in Cloudera, investing about $740m through primary and secondary transactions, before the company went public in April 2017.
In previous roles at Intel, Cook was finance business manager for sales and marketing, working with accounts held by computing equipment producers Dell and HP. He was also a strategic financial analyst for Intel’s Flash Memory group, having joined the company in 2006.
His role at Omidyar Networks will involve Cook managing finance as well as internal and external reporting, and investment portfolio processes.
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