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{{short description|Indian-American executive (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Deepak Ahuja
| image = 2012-06-01-deepak-ahuja-tesla.jpg
| caption = Deepak Ahuja in 2012
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963|1}}<ref>{{cite report|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/gWO8kwUomgg4Ztt5skwCPiWwR_0/appointments|title=Deepak Ahuja|work=Personal appointments|publisher=[[Companies House]]|quote=Date of birth: January 1963|accessdate=18 September 2018}}</ref>
| birth_name =
| occupation = [[Chief Financial Officer]]
| known_for = CFO of [[Tesla, Inc.]]
| alma mater = [[IIT (BHU) Varanasi|IIT BHU]]<br />[[Northwestern University]]<br />[[Carnegie Mellon University]]

}}
'''Deepak Prabhu Ahuja''' (born on January 1963) is an [[Indian-American]] [[Senior management|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, Inc.|Tesla]] for eleven years.

==Early life and education==
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) Varanasi|IIT BHU]] and a master's degree from the [[Northwestern University]].<ref name="star-20111111">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/magazine/fall-2011/PDF/alumni-profile-deepak-ahuja.pdf|title=Alumni profile: Deepak Ahuja|magazine=McCormick Magazine|issue=Fall 2011|page=42|date=11 November 2011|accessdate=18 September 2018|first=Leanne|last=Star|archive-date=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902230003/http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/magazine//fall-2011/PDF/alumni-profile-deepak-ahuja.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ahuja enrolled at [[Northwestern University]] in 1985, with his first class being taught by [[Morris E. Fine]].<ref name="star-20111111"/>
He then also obtained an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from [[Carnegie Mellon University]].<ref name="star-20111111"/>

==Career==
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]].<ref name="star-20111111"/> He became chief financial officer (CFO) of the [[AutoAlliance International]] joint-venture between Ford and [[Mazda]].<ref name="star-20111111"/> Ahuja then moved to become CFO of Ford in [[Southern Africa]].<ref name="star-20111111"/> He then returned to Michigan to act as controller of Ford's fuel-efficient small cars product development programme.<ref name="star-20111111"/>

On 13 June 2008 Ahuja was offered the position of chief financial officer at Tesla Motors, reporting to CEO and president [[Ze'ev Drori]].<ref name="harding-20080613">{{cite report|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000119312510017054/dex1010.htm|title=Offer of Employment with Tesla Motors|date=13 June 2008|accessdate=18 September 2018|first1=Craig W.|last1=Harding|first2=Ze'ev|last2=Drori|authorlink2=Ze'ev Drori|author3=Tesla Motors|via=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]}}</ref> In 2015 Ahuja retired from Tesla, and then returned as chief financial officer again in February 2017 to replace Jason Wheeler.<ref name="rosenbaum-20180502">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/02/tesla-cfo-managed-a-cash-crisis-in-2008-and-plans-to-do-it-again.html|title=This is the man Elon Musk trusts to rein in the Tesla cash crisis|work=CNBC|date=2 May 2018|accessdate=18 September 2018|first=Eric|last=Rosenbaum|quote=in 2015 Ahuja retired somewhat of a hero. … retaken the CFO post in February 2017}}</ref> His retirement from Tesla after 11 years was announced on the Q4 2018 Tesla earnings call on January 30, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/26280/tesla-cfo-deepak-ahuja-leaves-company-following-automakers-ambitious-promises|title=Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja Leaves Company Following Automaker's Ambitious Promises|last=Margaritoff|first=Marco|website=The Drive|date=February 2019 |access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref>

In January 2020, Ahuja joined [[Verily]] as its chief financial officer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/09/alphabets-verily-hires-former-tesla-cfo-deepak-ahuja.html|title=Alphabet health group Verily scoops up Tesla's former CFO, among other key hires | publisher=CNBC | first=Christina | last=Farr | date=9 January 2020 | accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref> In September 2022, it was announced that Ahuja would leave Verily and join [[Zipline (drone delivery company)|Zipline]] as its first chief business and financial officer from September 30.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-09-09 |last=Korosec |first=Kirsten |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/09/zipline-lands-departing-verily-cfo-tesla-veteran-deepak-ahuja/ |title=Zipline lands departing Verily CFO, Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja |work=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{cite video|url=https://vimeo.com/214862813|title=Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja discusses Elon Musk and the auto industry|via=Vimeo|first=Deepak|last=Ahuja}}
* {{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixVvw2Oioeo&t=1m21s|title=Deepak Ahuja: 2016 Northwestern Engineering Master's Recognition Ceremony Address|first=Deepak|last=Ahuja|date=16 June 2016|publisher=Northwestern University|via=Youtube}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Deepak Ahuja}}

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[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United States]]

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