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| birth_place = Madras, (now [[Chennai]]) <br> [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Madras]]<br>[[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]]<br>[[Harvard Business School]]<br>[[CFA Institute]]
| occupation = [[Chief Financial Officer]]
| employer = [[Stripe (company)|Stripe]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/13/departure-of-gm-cfo-dhivya-suryadevara-highlights-ongoing-brain-drain-problem-for-auto-industry.html | title=Departure of GM CFO Dhivya Suryadevara highlights ongoing ‘brain drain’ problem for auto industry | publisher=CNBC | work=Michael Wayland | date=13 August 2020 | access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
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| spouse = Raj Suryadevara
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'''Dhivya Suryadevara''' is an Indian-American executive and the current [[chief financial officer]] of [[Stripe (company)|Stripe]], an American e-commerce payments company. She is the former Executive Vice President and [[Chief financial officer|Chief Financial Officer]] of [[General Motors]].

==Early life and education==
Suryadevara was brought up in [[Chennai]], [[India]] along with two sisters by her mother, who worked in [[Syndicate Bank]] in Chennai.<ref name="Who Is Dhivya Suryadevara">{{cite news|last=George|first=Varghese K.|title=Who is Dhivya Suryadevara? |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/who-is-dhivya-suryadevara/article24241561.ece |date=23 June 2018}}</ref>

Suryadevara studied in St John's Senior Secondary School in [[Mandaveli]], Chennai. She did her bachelor's degree in commerce from the [[Ethiraj College for Women]] of the [[University of Madras]].
She later went on to pursue [[Chartered Accountancy]] at the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]]. She is also a chartered financial analyst, and has an MBA from [[Harvard Business School]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Viswanath|first1= Madhumitha|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/jun/21/dhivya-suryadevara-from-st-johns-chennai-to-general-motors-cfo-1828886.html |title=Dhivya Suryadevara: From St John’s, Chennai to General Motors CFO |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=21 June 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Thomas|first1=Maria|url=https://qz.com/india/1305238/gm-appoints-india-born-dhivya-suryadevara-first-female-cfo/ |title=A Chennai girl's rise from Madras University to General Motors's first female CFO |publisher=Quartz |date=13 June 2018 }}</ref>

==Career==
Suryadevara started her career at [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] while attending the [[University of Madras]].<ref name=church/> She then interned at the World Bank in 2002 and went on to [[UBS]] as an investment banker.{{when|date=August 2019}}<ref name=church>{{cite news|last=Churchill|first=Lexi |url= https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/meet-general-motors-new-39-year-old-cfo-dhivya-suryadevara.html |title= GM’s new 39-year-old CFO Dhivya Suryadevara is making history |publisher= CNBC |date= 15 June 2018}}</ref> She joined General Motors in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burden|first=Melissa|url= https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2015/04/10/gm-appoints-new-vice-president-finance-treasurer/25569187/ |title= GM appoints new vice president of finance and treasurer |newspaper= The Detroit News |date= 13 June 2018 }}</ref> In 2013, she was appointed the CFO and chief investment officer of GM Asset Management. In 2015, she accepted a role as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. In 2017, she became the first female Chief Financial Officer at General Motors.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/most-powerful-women/in-demand-cfo/story/416375.html|title=In-Demand CFO|date=4 October 2020|accessdate=2021-06-11}}</ref>

On August 13, 2020, Suryadevara resigned her position as chief financial officer at General Motors to work as Chief Financial Officer for e-commerce payments company, [[Stripe (company)|Stripe]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Trentmann|first=Mike Colias and Nina|date=2020-08-11|title=GM Financial Chief Dhivya Suryadevara Steps Down in Surprise Departure|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-names-john-stapleton-acting-finance-chief-as-cfo-leaves-11597153015|access-date=2020-08-15|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

Suryadevara was named to [[40 Under 40|Fortune's 40 Under 40]] in 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://fortune.com/40-under-40/dhivya-suryadevara-4/ |title= Dhivya Suryadevara, 39 |work= Fortune |access-date= 30 May 2019 |quote= Dhivya Suryadevara, 39. |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190322031543/http://fortune.com/40-under-40/dhivya-suryadevara-4/ |archive-date= 22 March 2019 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

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