Omid R. Kordestani
Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Business Development
Google Inc.
Omid Kordestani is the senior vice president of global sales and business development
at Google Inc. 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. As
Google’s “business founder,” Mr. Kordestani led the development and implementation
of the company’s initial business model. Since joining in 1999, he has brought Google
to profitability in record time, generating more than $20 billion in revenue in 2008.
Mr. Kordestani has more than 20 years of high-technology consumer and enterprise
experience, holding key positions at several startups, including Internet pioneer
Netscape Communications. As vice president of business development and sales, 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.
Mr. Kordestani received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in
1991 and a BS in electrical engineering from San Jose State University in 1984.