Zach Kirkhorn
Tesla executive
Zach Kirkhorn
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Born | 1984 or 1985 (age 38–39) [1] |
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University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University |
Occupation | Chief financial officer |
Known for | Tesla, Inc. |
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Zach Kirkhorn (born 1984) is a financial executive working in the automotive manufacturing industry. Since 2019, he has served as the chief financial officer of Tesla, Inc. until he stepped down in August 2023. [2] In March 2021 he was given the title 'Master of Coin' within Tesla , a reference to the Game of Thrones title for a chief financial officer. [3]
Early life and education
Kirkhorn grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. [4]
From 2002 to 2006, Kirkhorn studied both Economics at The Wharton School and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania as part of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology . [4] In 2013, he received an MBA from Harvard Business School . [4]
Career
During his studies in 2005, Kirkhorn joined Microsoft as a financial analyst intern. In 2006, he did another four-month internship at Microsoft as program manager intern. After graduating in 2006, Kirkhorn worked at the consulting firm McKinsey as a senior business analyst. [4]
In 2010, Kirkhorn joined Tesla as a senior analyst in finance. [4] In December 2014, he became director of finance, and in December 2018 he was appointed as vice president of finance. On January 30, 2019, Kirkhorn was announced to replace Deepak Ahuja as Tesla's new CFO on the fourth-quarter Tesla earnings call. [2]
References
- ↑ Zach Kirkhorn . Personal appointments (Report). New York Times . Retrieved 30 January 2019 .
- 1 2 "Tesla appointed Vaibhav Taneja as Chief Financial Officer" .
- ↑ "SEC filing: Title Changes of Elon Musk and Zach Kirkhorn" . www.sec.gov . Retrieved 2021-03-15 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 Rebecca Elliott (11 May 2023). "The Executive Keeping Tesla Rolling Isn't Elon Musk" . The Wall Street Journal . ISSN 0099-9660 . Wikidata Q118292559 . Retrieved 2023-05-11 .
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