Arun Sarin

Arun Sarin (born October 21, 1954) is the Chief Executive of the British based global mobile telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc. He is originally from India, has United States citizenship, and is presently based in the United Kingdom. Image File history File links Arun-Sarin. ... Image File history File links Arun-Sarin. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vodafones corporate logo is the outline of a SIM card Vodafone is a multinational mobile phone operator with headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom and Düsseldorf, Germany. ...

Sarin graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur with a BS in Engineering in 1975. In 1978 he gained a MS in Engineering and a MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He started his career as a management consultant before moving, in 1984, to Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco. He was a director of AirTouch from July 1995 and was President and Chief Operating Officer from February 1997 to June 1999. He was then Vodafone's Chief Executive Officer for the United States and Asia Pacific region until 15 April 2000, when Vodafone's U.S. interests were merged into Verizon Wireless. He subsequently became chief executive of InfoSpace from 2000 to 2001, and of Accel-KKR Telecom based in San Francisco from 2001 to 2003, while serving as a non-executive director of Vodafone. He rejoined Vodafone as Chief Executive Designate on 1 April 2003 and was appointed on a permanent basis after the Company's AGM on 30 July 2003. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a masters degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as the University of California at Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Cal, California, or Berkeley) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... History The AirTouch Tower at One California Street in San Francisco, California AirTouch Communications was a wireless service provider that started in the mid 1990s and survived through the late 1999 when it was absorbed by Verizon Communications business unit Verizon Wireless in one of the largest communications and even... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Verizon Wireless owns and operates the second-largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States. ... InfoSpace is a leader in mobile entertainment, private-label search and online directory. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A non-executive director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team. ... An Annual General Meeting, commonly abbreviated as AGM, also known as the annual meeting, is a meeting that official bodies and associations involving the public are often required by law (In what country?) to hold. ...

Sarin was appointed at a time when the investment community wanted Vodafone to concentrate on managing its businesses efficiently and returning cash to shareholders, after its dramatic takeover driven expansion between 1999 and 2002. In 2004 he entered an auction for AT&T Wireless in the face of considerable hostility from analysts and shareholders, but withdrew when Cingular made an offer he did not think it was in Vodafone's interests to match. Due to Vodafone's recent breathtaking share performance, Arun is sometimes affectionately referred to as Captain Titanic. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. ... Cingular Wireless is the largest United States mobile phone company, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...

Sarin has also served as a director of The Gap, Inc., The Charles Schwab Corporation and Cisco Systems, Inc. in the United States, and has recently been appointed as a non-executive director of the Court of the Bank of England. Gap Inc. ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Stub | Fortune 500 companies | Companies based in California ... Cisco Systems, Inc. ...

Sarin is married to Rummi Anand Sarin.

External links

• Vodafone press release of 18 December 2002 announcing Sarin's appointment as Group CEO.
• Arun Sarin's biography