Emilie Choi started Monday as Coinbase's vice president of corporate and business development, the company said. At LinkedIn, Choi oversaw more than 40 acquisitions in her role as VP of corporate development, including its $1.5 billion purchase of Lynda, an online education startup, in 2015.
Choi compares the current opportunities in the cryptocurrency industry with those in front of Google in 2004, when the search giant bought what would become Google Maps. "There were just a bunch of really interesting startups that helped Google take things to the next level," she said. "So it feels like that kind of an atmosphere. We’re seeing so much, so many interesting startups and entrepreneurs in the space...and Coinbase wants to capitalize on that."
Source: http://fortune.com/2018/03/05/coinbase-bitcoin-linkedin-emilie-choi/
