Deepak Ahuja | |
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Born | January 1963 (age 61)
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Mumbai, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater |
IIT (BHU) Varanasi Northwestern University Carnegie Mellon University |
Occupation | Chief Financial Officer |
Known for | Tesla, Inc. |
Deepak Prabhu Ahuja is an Indian-American financial executive working in the life sciences industry who previously worked in the automotive manufacturing industry. He is best known for being the former CFO of Tesla.
Ahuja holds a bachelor's degree in ceramic engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi and a master's degree from Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science of Northwestern University. [2] Ahuja enrolled at Northwestern University in 1985, with his first class being taught by Morris E. Fine. [2]
Ahuja spent six years working for Kennametal near Pittsburgh, and obtained a Master of Business Administration qualification from Carnegie Mellon University. [2]
In 1993 Ahuja moved to Woodhaven, Michigan, to accept a job with the Ford Motor Company. [2] He became chief financial officer (CFO) of the AutoAlliance International joint-venture between Ford and Mazda. [2] Ahuja then moved to become CFO of Ford in Southern Africa. [2] He then returned to Michigan to act as controller of Ford's fuel-efficient small cars product development programme. [2]
On 13 June 2008 Ahuja was offered the position of chief financial officer at Tesla Motors, reporting to CEO and president Ze'ev Drori. [3] In 2015 Ahuja retired from Tesla, and then returned as chief financial officer again in February 2017 to replace Jason Wheeler. [4] His retirement from Tesla after 11 years was announced on the Q4 2018 Tesla earnings call on January 30, 2019. [5]
In January 2020, Ahuja joined Verily as its chief financial officer. [6] In September 2022, it was announced that Ahuja would leave Verily and join Zipline as its first chief business and financial officer from September 30. [7]
Date of birth: January 1963
in 2015 Ahuja retired somewhat of a hero. … retaken the CFO post in February 2017