Deepak Ahuja

Deepak Ahuja
Deepak Ahuja in 2012
BornJanuary 1963 (age 61)[1]
Mumbai, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materIIT (BHU) Varanasi
Northwestern University
Carnegie Mellon University
OccupationChief Financial Officer
Known forTesla, 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]

References

  1. ^ Deepak Ahuja. Personal appointments (Report). Companies House. Retrieved 18 September 2018. Date of birth: January 1963
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Star, Leanne (11 November 2011). "Alumni profile: Deepak Ahuja" (PDF). McCormick Magazine. No. Fall 2011. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ^ Harding, Craig W.; Drori, Ze'ev; Tesla Motors (13 June 2008). Offer of Employment with Tesla Motors (Report). Retrieved 18 September 2018 – via U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  4. ^ Rosenbaum, Eric (2 May 2018). "This is the man Elon Musk trusts to rein in the Tesla cash crisis". CNBC. Retrieved 18 September 2018. in 2015 Ahuja retired somewhat of a hero. … retaken the CFO post in February 2017
  5. ^ Margaritoff, Marco (February 2019). "Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja Leaves Company Following Automaker's Ambitious Promises". The Drive. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  6. ^ Farr, Christina (9 January 2020). "Alphabet health group Verily scoops up Tesla's former CFO, among other key hires". CNBC. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. ^ Korosec, Kirsten (2022-09-09). "Zipline lands departing Verily CFO, Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja". TechCrunch.

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