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Sasan K. Goodarzi
Sasan K. Goodarz (born July 7, 1968) is an American business executive and the chief executive officer of Intuit.
Early life and education
Goodarzi was born in Tehran, Iran. He left Tehran at the age of 9, eight months before the Iranian Revolution started.[1] He and his mother settled in Orlando, FL, where his older brothers lived.
In 1989, Goodarzi graduated from The University of Central Florida (UCF) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering. In 2002, Goodarzi completed graduate school at Northwestern, receiving his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellogg School of Management.
Career
Before his role at Intuit, Goodarzi served as an upper-level manager at Nexant, Inc. (now Resource Innovations)[2], and Invensys (now Schneider Electric)[3].
Goodarzi has been noted for overseeing the largest acquisitions since Intuit was founded in 1983.[4] The company acquired Credit Karma for $8.1 billion[5] and Mailchimp for $12 billion[6] under Goodarzi. According to Yahoo! Finance[7], “…for the deal-making Goodarzi, the strategy is simple: bring in new technologies and grow Intuit even faster as a result.” He has been a guest on CNBC[8] and covered in major media, including Forbes[9], Bloomberg[10], and New York Times[11].
Goodarzi serves on the boards for Atlassian and Intuit. He has launched internal social justice initiatives like hiring Intuit’s first Racial Equality Director, La Toya Haynes, and to create diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)[12] practices and events among Intuit’s workforce, such as its Trans+ Summit event[13].
In 2020 Goodarzi was named FORTUNE’s Businessperson of the Year[14].
Personal Life
Today, Goodarzi resides in the Bay Area with his wife, Shirin. They have two children.
Shirin and Goodarzi provide financial assistance to female students of Iranian descent who migrated to the United States in the last seven years through their scholarship program with the Pars Equality Center[15]
References
- ^ Pimentel, Benjamin (February 22, 2021). "'Never fear disrupting yourself': How Intuit's CEO learned to love tearing things up". Protocol.
- ^ "Resource Innovations". Resource Innovations.
- ^ "Invensys is now Schneider Electric - Schneider Electric". www.se.com.
- ^ Levy, Ari. "Intuit CEO's $20 billion buying spree has put tax software company firmly on tech M&A map". CNBC.
- ^ "Intuit CEO & Credit Karma CEO discuss $8.1B deal". finance.yahoo.com.
- ^ "Intuit CEO on buying Mailchimp: 'We want to put our capital to great use'". finance.yahoo.com.
- ^ "Intuit CEO on buying Mailchimp: 'We want to put our capital to great use'".
- ^ Hur, Krystal. "Intuit CEO says company sees healthy consumer spending, but inflation still needs to get under control". CNBC.
- ^ Walker, Karen. "Sasan Goodarzi, CEO At Intuit: Anything Is Possible". Forbes.
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/crypto-traders-had-rough-tax-season-intuit-ceo-says
- ^ Hirsch, Lauren (September 13, 2021). "Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billion" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Intuit Shows Why D&I Remains Important In Maintaining An Inclusive Culture". HuffPost. June 11, 2020.
- ^ Fried, Ina (February 4, 2020). "Intuit summit addresses trans issues in tech". Axios.
- ^ "Businessperson of the Year 2020". Fortune.
- ^ "Goodarzi Scholarship Grant". PARS Equality Center.