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| name = Arun Sarin<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|21|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pachmarhi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<br />
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| education = [[B.Tech.]] (1975) [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur|IIT, Kharagpur]]<br>[[Master of Science|MS]] (1978) [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]]<br>[[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] (1978) [[Haas School of Business]]<br />
| occupation = [[Business executive]] <br />
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| known_for = Former CEO of [[Vodafone]] <br> <small>(2003 - 2008)</small><br />
| predecessor = [[Chris Gent|Sir Christopher Gent]]<br />
| successor = [[Vittorio Colao]]<br />
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| boards = [[Accenture]]<br>[[Ola Cabs]]<br>[[Charles Schwab Corporation|Charles Schwab]]<br>[[Cerence]]<br>[[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]]<br />
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'''Arun Sarin''' (born 21 October 1954) is an Indian-American telecommunications executive.<br />
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Sarin was the former CEO of the telecom giant [[Vodafone Group plc]], serving from 2003 until 2008. He drove the integration of Vodafone, Airtouch and Mannesman. <br />
He was also the driving force behind the Vodafone's strategic move into emerging markets, especially Asia and Africa, through the purchases of Turkish operator Telsim and a [[Vodafone India#Vodafone-Hutchison Tax Case|controlling stake in Hutchison Essar]] in India. He was a senior advisor at the private equity firm [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts|KKR]]. He also serves on the board of directors of [[Ola Cabs]], Charles Schwab and Accenture. He is currently Chairman of Cerence, a conversational AI public company. <br />
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Sarin received an [[honorary knighthood]] from the Queen at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 10 March 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Arun Sarin conferred Honorary knighthood|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/business/arun-sarin-conferred-honorary-knighthood/story-AV2br4Hh4ir4I3LmaSCyAM.html|accessdate = 2015-10-23}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Sarin was born in [[Pachmarhi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India, in 1954.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Holton|first=Kate|date=2008-05-27|title=Vodafone's Arun Sarin bows out on his terms|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-33784920080527|url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-07}}</ref> He pursued his secondary education at the [[Bangalore Military School]].<ref name=":0" /> Thereafter, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]]<ref name=":0" /> and graduated with a B.Tech. degree in metallurgical engineering in 1975. In 1978, he gained a [[Master of Science|MS]] in engineering and an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[Haas School of Business]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Arun Sarin - Alumni Profiles, Full-Time MBA Program - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley|url=http://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/community/alumni/profiles/sarin_arun.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2015-10-23|website=Berkeley Haas}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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===Early career and AirTouch (1984 - 1999)===<br />
He started his career as a management consultant before moving in 1984 to Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco.<ref name=":0" /> He was a director of [[AirTouch]] from July 1995 and was President and Chief Operating Officer from February 1997.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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=== Vodafone (1999 - 2008) ===<br />
AirTouch was sold to Vodafone in 1999 for about $75 billion. He was then appointed Vodafone's [[Chief Executive Officer]] for the United States and [[Asia Pacific region]] until 15 April 2000, when Vodafone's U.S. interests were merged into [[Verizon Wireless]]. He subsequently became chief executive of [[InfoSpace]] in 2000 and of [[Accel-KKR Telecom]] based in San Francisco from 2001 to 2003, while serving as a [[non-executive director]] of Vodafone. He rejoined Vodafone as Chief Executive Designate on 1 April 2003 and was appointed on a permanent basis after the Company's annual general meeting on 30 July 2003. On 27 May 2008, he announced his resignation (effective July) as [[CEO]] after Vodafone achieved record earnings.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}<br />
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During his tenure as Chief Executive of Vodafone group plc, he expanded the company geographically into countries like [[India]], [[Turkey]], [[South Africa]] etc. increasing the customer base to approximately 300 million. He expanded the product line of the company to include data, internet and broadband services. He streamlined the operations of the company under the Vodafone brand to utilize the global scale while maintaining local customer focus. He increased the dividends per share by 400 percent and returned value to shareholders through buybacks.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}<br />
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Sarin retired from Vodafone immediately after the company's annual general meeting on 29 July 2008, and was succeeded by then Deputy-CEO [[Vittorio Colao]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/media/vodafone-group-releases/2008/vodafone_announces6.html |title=Vodafone Announces New Chief Executive |date=2008-05-27 |website=Vodafone |accessdate=2008-05-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2008-05-27 |title=Vodafone, cambio al vertice Sarin si dimette, è l'ora di Colao |url=http://www.corriere.it/economia/08_maggio_27/colao_vodafone_b3d7e824-2bb7-11dd-9d26-00144f02aabc.shtml |language=it |location=Milan |newspaper=Corriere della Sera}}</ref> Colao is paid a 975,000 pounds salary, compared with the 1.3 million pounds Sarin received at the end of March 2008, according to the group's annual report and accounts published.<ref>{{cite news |date=2008-06-11 |title=Arun Sarin walks out of Vodafone rich |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Arun-Sarin-walks-out-of-Vodafone-rich/articleshow/3120112.cms |work=The Times Of India |agency=Press Trust of India (PTI)}}</ref><br />
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===After Vodafone (2008 to present)===<br />
In October 2009, Sarin was appointed as a senior advisor at the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=KKR Appoints Arun Sarin as Senior Advisor|url=http://media.kkr.com/media/media_releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=414197|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105634/http://media.kkr.com/media/media_releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=414197|archive-date=4 March 2016|accessdate=2015-10-23|website=KKR}}</ref> He has been a member of the advisory board of Accel KKR from 2010 until 2019. He is currently an investor and adviser to a number of early stage technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area and India.<br />
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==Board==<br />
He serves on the board of directors of [[Ola Cabs]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/former-vodafone-global-ceo-arun-sarin-joins-ola-as-independent-director/article7395233.ece |title=Ex-Vodafone global CEO Arun Sarin joins Ola board |website=The Hindu}}</ref> [[Accenture]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/accenture-announces-appointment-of-arun-sarin-to-its-board-of-directors.htm|title=Accenture Announces Appointment of Arun Sarin to its Board of Directors|website=Accenture}}</ref> and [[Charles Schwab Corporation|Charles Schwab]]. He is the Chairman of Cerence, a conversational AI public company, spun out by Nuance, in October 2019. He also sits on the board of trustees for the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/about/people/board/ |title=Board |website=Blum Center for Developing Economies |access-date=5 April 2015 |archive-date=11 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811011203/http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/about/people/board/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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