Nikesh Arora is the current Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Chief Business Officer

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 at Google

Google

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Early life

Nikesh holds a degree from Boston College

Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...

 and an MBA from Northeastern University, both of which were awarded with distinction. He also holds the CFA

CFA

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 designation. In 1989, Nikesh graduated from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University

Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University

The Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University is an engineering institute under the aegis of Banaras Hindu University , situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. IT-BHU has 13 departments and 3 inter-disciplinary schools, providing technical education with an emphasis on its industrial...

, India with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.

Career

Nikesh Arora worked for Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....

, Putnam Investments

Putnam Investments

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, and Fidelity Investments

Fidelity Investments

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. He worked as Chief Marketing Officer

Chief marketing officer

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 and as a member of the management board at T-Mobile

T-Mobile

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, Europe and serves as a Trustee at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles, California.