Deepak Ahuja

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.

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 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. 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.