Omid Kordestani

Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani
امید کردستانی
	Kordestani at the Web 2.0 Conference, 2005
Born	1963 (age 60–61); Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	San Jose State University (BS) ; Stanford University (MBA)

Omid R. Kordestani (Persian: امید کردستانی; born 1963) is an Iranian-American businessman who was the Executive Chairman at Twitter from October 2015 to June 2020 and a board member of the company until October 2022.^[3]^[4] He was a Senior Vice President, the Chief Business Officer, and most recently a special advisor to the chief executive officer and founders at Google from July 2014 to October 2015^[5] and was a director of Vodafone from March 2013 to October 2014.^[6]^[7] Kordestani had also previously been at Google from May 1999 to April 2009, reaching the position of Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations.^[8]

^ "California" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
^ Bob Cooper (July 15, 2007). "Out of Iran / Five extraordinary Iranian Americans love both countries but loathe their leaders' war talk". SfGate.com. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
^ Vengattil, Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Munsif (June 3, 2020). "Twitter names ex Google CFO Pichette as chair, Kordestani to stay on". Reuters. Retrieved April 21, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Conger, Kate (October 28, 2022). "How Twitter Will Change as a Private Company". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
^ "Management team – Company – Google". Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
^ "Vodafone Group plc : Vodafone Appoints Omid Kordestani as a Non-Executive Director". 4-traders.com. February 28, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ "Omid Kordestani Executive Chairman at Twitter". linkedin.
^ Hof, Rob. "LIVE: Google's First-Quarter Earnings: Revenues Down, Profits Beat Forecasts, Investors Yawn". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on April 19, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2009.

[sfgate2007-1] "California" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2009.

[bc-2] Bob Cooper (July 15, 2007). "Out of Iran / Five extraordinary Iranian Americans love both countries but loathe their leaders' war talk". SfGate.com. Retrieved December 18, 2009.

[3] Vengattil, Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Munsif (June 3, 2020). "Twitter names ex Google CFO Pichette as chair, Kordestani to stay on". Reuters. Retrieved April 21, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[board-dissolution-4] Conger, Kate (October 28, 2022). "How Twitter Will Change as a Private Company". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2022.

[5] "Management team – Company – Google". Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[6] "Vodafone Group plc : Vodafone Appoints Omid Kordestani as a Non-Executive Director". 4-traders.com. February 28, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013.

[7] "Omid Kordestani Executive Chairman at Twitter". linkedin.

[8] Hof, Rob. "LIVE: Google's First-Quarter Earnings: Revenues Down, Profits Beat Forecasts, Investors Yawn". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on April 19, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2009.

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