Dhivya Suryadevara
Appearance
Dhivya Suryadevara | |
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Suryadevara in 2018 | |
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Alma mater | University of Madras Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Chief Financial Officer |
Predecessor | Chuck Stevens |
Spouse | Raj Suryadevara |
Children | 1[1] |
Awards | Fortune's 40 Under 40 |
Dhivya Suryadevara is an
Stripe, an American e-commerce payments company. She is the former executive vice president and 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.[1]
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.[2][3]
Career
Suryadevara started her career at
PricewaterhouseCoopers while attending the University of Madras.[4] She then interned at the World Bank in 2002 and went on to UBS as an investment banker.[when?][4] She joined General Motors in 2004.[5] 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.[3][6]
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.[7]
Suryadevara was named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 in 2015 and 2018.[8]
References
- ^ a b George, Varghese K. (23 June 2018). "Who is Dhivya Suryadevara?". The Hindu.
- ^ Viswanath, Madhumitha (21 June 2018). "Dhivya Suryadevara: From St John's, Chennai to General Motors CFO". The New Indian Express.
- ^ a b Thomas, Maria (13 June 2018). "A Chennai girl's rise from Madras University to General Motors's first female CFO". Quartz.
- ^ a b Churchill, Lexi (15 June 2018). "GM's new 39-year-old CFO Dhivya Suryadevara is making history". CNBC.
- ^ Burden, Melissa (13 June 2018). "GM appoints new vice president of finance and treasurer". The Detroit News.
- ^ "In-Demand CFO". 4 October 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "Dhivya Suryadevara, 39". Fortune. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
Dhivya Suryadevara, 39.