Deepak Ahuja

Indian-American executive (born 1963)

Deepak Prabhu Ahuja (born on January 1963) is an Indian-American executive working in the life sciences industry who previously worked in the automotive manufacturing industry. He is best known for serving as the chief financial officer of Tesla for eleven years.²

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Born Jan 1963.¹

Companies

Ford Motor CompanyChief financial officer¹²
TeslaChief financial officer Feb 2017 to Sep 13, 2022¹³
TeslaChief financial officer Jul 2008 to 2015¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedIndian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi³
Date not recordedCarnegie Mellon University Master of Business Administration³
Date not recordedBanaras Hindu University bachelor's degree; ceramic engineering³
Date not recordedNorthwestern University³

Deepak Ahuja was born in the month of January in 1963 in Mumbai, India. He holds a bachelor's degree in ceramic engineering from the IIT BHU and a master's degree from the Northwestern University. Ahuja enrolled at Northwestern University in 1985, with his first class being taught by Morris E. Fine.

He then also obtained an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Career

Occupation: engineer.⁷

Since 2022Worked at Zipline International^{4 5}
2017 to 2022Chief financial officer, Tesla⁴
2008 to 2015Chief financial officer, Tesla⁴
Until 1993Worked at Kennametal⁴
Since 1993Worked at Ford Motor Company⁴
Date not recordedChief financial officer, Flat Rock Assembly Plant⁴
Date not recordedChief financial officer, Ford Motor Company⁴
Date not recordedDirector of programming, Ford Motor Company⁴
Date not recordedBoard member, Zipline International⁶

Initially Ahuja spent six years working for Kennametal near Pittsburgh. After completing his MBA in 1993 Ahuja moved to Woodhaven, Michigan, to accept a job with the Ford Motor Company. He became chief financial officer (CFO) of the AutoAlliance International joint-venture between Ford and Mazda. Ahuja then moved to become CFO of Ford in Southern Africa. He then returned to Michigan to act as controller of Ford's fuel-efficient small cars product development programme.

On 13 June 2008 Ahuja was offered the position of chief financial officer at Tesla Motors, reporting to CEO and president Ze'ev Drori. In 2015 Ahuja retired from Tesla, and then returned as chief financial officer again in February 2017 to replace Jason Wheeler. His retirement from Tesla after 11 years was announced on the Q4 2018 Tesla earnings call on January 30, 2019.

In January 2020, Ahuja joined Verily as its chief financial officer. 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.

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Personal life

BornJan 1963, Mumbai⁸
CitizenshipUnited States⁹
ResidenceSilicon Valley¹⁰

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WikidataDeepak Ahuja: Chief financial officer, Flat Rock Assembly Plant, on Wikidata
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WikidataWorked at Zipline International, as reported
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WikidataDeepak Ahuja: Board member, Zipline International, on Wikidata
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WikidataDeepak Ahuja: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataDeepak Ahuja: X, on Wikidata
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WikidataFord Motor Company, Chief financial officer
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WikidataTesla, Chief financial officer

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