Zach Kirkhorn

Zach Kirkhorn (born 1984/1985) is a financial executive working in the automotive manufacturing industry. Since 2019, he is the Chief Financial Officer of Tesla, Inc..

Zach Kirkhorn
Born1984/1985 (age 35–36)[1]
EducationWharton School, University of Pennsylvania (BSE, 2006)[2]
Harvard Business School (MBA, 2013)
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
OccupationChief Financial Officer (CFO)
Known forTesla, Inc.

Education

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. In 2013, he received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Career

During his studies in 2005, Kirkhorn joined Microsoft as a Financial Analyst Intern. In 2006, he did another 4-month internship at Microsoft as Program Manager Intern. After graduating in 2006, Kirkhorn spent nearly 3 years working at McKinsey & Company as a Senior Business Analyst.

In 2010, Kirkhorn joined Tesla as a Senior Analyst in Finance. 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 Q4 Tesla earning call.

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References
  1. Zach Kirkhorn. Personal appointments (Report). New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ir.tesla.com/management/zachary-kirkhorn

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