{{Short description|American diplomat}} {{Infobox Ambassador |name = Kirk Wagar |image = Kirk Wagar.jpg |office = United States Ambassador to Singapore |president = Barack Obama |term_start = September 25, 2013 |term_end = January 20, 2017 |predecessor = David I. Adelman |successor = Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath<br>(''Chargée d'affaires, a.i.'') |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|7|13}} |birth_place = Perth, Ontario, Canada |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = Crystal Connor |children = 4 |alma_mater = Roberts Wesleyan College<br>University of Miami }}

'''Kirk W. B. Wagar'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/|title=Lawyer Directory – The Florida Bar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/mr-kirk-w-b-wagar-772818/|title=Mr. Kirk W B Wagar Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com|website=www.martindale.com}}</ref> (born July 13, 1969) is a former United States Ambassador to Singapore. He was sworn in as ambassador on September 4, 2013.<ref name="Embassy of the United States Singapore">{{cite web | url=http://singapore.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html | title=Kirk Wagar | accessdate=14 September 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821130808/http://singapore.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html | archivedate=21 August 2014 }}</ref> Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Wagar left his post as ambassador on January 20, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/trump-ambassadors.html?_r=1|title=In Break With Precedent, Obama Envoys Are Denied Extensions Past Inauguration Day|last=|first=|date=January 5, 2017|website=The New York Times|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

In June 2024, Wagar was named as the main funder behind Terra Invest, a new firm that planned to invest a significant part of its $2.5 billion dollar fund into Artificial Investment (AI) start ups based in India. As of the date of that reporting, transactions totaling $230 million had already been completed. <ref>{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2024 |title=Ex-US ambassador-backed firm Terra plans big investment in Indian AI startups with $2.5-billion fund |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/ex-us-ambassador-backed-firm-terra-plans-major-investment-in-indian-ai-startups-with-2-5-bn-fund-article-12756386.html/amp |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2026 |website=moneycontrol}}</ref>

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