Arun Sarin

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Arun Sarin ( Hindi : अरुण सरीन ) (born October 21, 1954 in Pachmarhi ( Madhya Pradesh ), India) was CEO of Vodafone from April 1, 2003 to July 29, 2008 .

biography

Sarin is the son of Ramilla and Krishan Sarin, a military officer. He studied engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and economics at the University of California at Berkeley . Sarin started his professional career as a management consultant before moving to the Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco in 1984 . From July 1995 he was a Director at Airtouch. From February 1997 to June 1999 he was President and COO there. Until April 15, 2000 he was CEO for Vodafone in the USA . As a result, he was CEO of InfoSpace from 2000 to 2001 and of Accel-KKR Telecom from 2001 to 2003. From April 1, 2003 to July 29, 2008, he worked for Vodafone again, succeeding Chris Gent . Since his resignation on July 29, 2008, the previous vice-boss Vittorio Colao has taken over his post .

He initially focused on the as yet undeveloped markets in India, Turkey and Romania. At his instigation, Vodafone made a takeover offer of US $ 11.1 billion for a 67% stake in the Indian mobile communications company Hutch Essar . Until then, in third place in the Indian market, Sarin now wants to become the market leader there with Vodafone.

Sarin has been elected as a non-executive director to the boards of directors of Gap Inc. , Charles Schwab Corporation, and Cisco Systems . In April 2005 Sarin was appointed to the "Non-Executive Director's Committee" of the Bank of England .

Sarin is married to Rummi Anand and has two children with her.

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  1. ↑ Bank of England's Court of Directors ( Memento of August 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Bank of England, April 5, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Sarin, Arun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager and CEO of Vodafone
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Pachmarhi , Madhya Pradesh , India