Omid Kordestani
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Omid Kordestani (Kurdish: Umîd Kurdistanî; Persian: امید کردستانی) is the Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google.
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[edit] Early life
Omid Kordestani was born in Iran and moved to San Jose, California at the of age 14 after the death of his father. He Graduated with an electrical engineering degree from San Jose State University and went to work for Hewlett Packard as an engineer. Several years later in order to pursue a business degree, he entered Stanford University and earned his MBA in 1991.
[edit] Career
Kordestani has more than a dozen years of high-technology consumer and enterprise experience, including key positions at Internet pioneer Netscape Communications. He was also vice president of Business Development and Sales and grew Netscape's website revenue from an annual run-rate of $88 million to more than $200 million in 18 months. He started his career in Netscape as director of OEM Sales, and during his four-year career at that company he was responsible for establishing major customer relationships with Citibank, AOL, Amazon, Intuit, Travelocity, Intel, @Home, eBay, and Excite. Prior to Netscape, Kordestani held positions in marketing, product management, and business development at The 3DO Company, Go Corporation, and Hewlett-Packard.
In the May 8, 2006 issue of Time Magazine, Omid was named one of Time's "100 People who shape our world".[1]
Kordestani is one of the wealthiest residents in the Northern California. His estimated net worth is $1.9 Billion according to San Jose Magazine.
