Deepak Ahuja

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Deepak Ahuja
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Deepak Ahuja in 2012
Born January 1963 (age 62)[1]
Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Occupation Chief Financial Officer
Known for Tesla, Inc.

Deepak Prabhu Ahuja is a financial executive working in the life sciences industry who previously worked in the automotive manufacturing industry. He is most well 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 30th 2019.[5]

In January 2020, Ahuja joined Verily as its chief financial officer.[6]

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