Omid Kordestani

OMID KORDESTANI

Place of birth : Piranshahr, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran

Net worth : US$1.4 billion (2009)

Omid Kordestani, 47, is an Iranian-American businessman who works as Senior Advisor to Office of the CEO and Founders at Google. Kordestani was the Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google until he stepped down on April 16, 2009.
He was Google’s senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations until April 16, 2009. He joined Google in May 1999, leading the development and implementation of the company’s initial business model. Since then he has brought Google to profitability in record time, generating more than $6 billion in revenue in 2005. He is directly responsible for Google’s worldwide revenue generation efforts as well as the day-to-day operations of the company’s sales organization. His efforts together with those of others, have transformed the world’s top search destination into online advertising’s hottest property — scoring more than 100,000 advertisers in just 18 months.
In the May 8, 2006 issue of Time Magazine, Kordestani was named one of Time’s “100 People who shape our world”. He was selected as The Persian Person of the Year in 2007 by Persian Awards. Kordestani is one of the wealthiest residents in Northern California. San Jose magazine estimates his net worth at $1.9 billion. 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.
Omid Kordestani has served as our Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development, formerly known as Worldwide Sales and Field Operations, since May 1999. Prior to joining us, Omid served as Vice President of Business Development, from 1995 to 1999, at Netscape, an internet software and services company. He grew Netscape’s online revenue from an annual run-rate of $88 million to more than $200 million in 18 months. Prior to Netscape, he held positions in marketing, product management, and business development at The 3DO Company, Go Corporation and Hewlett-Packard.
“Think and act like an immigrant.”