New Delhi: Nokia says it has appointed Rajeev Suri to head the new company after it sold its ailing mobile phone unit to Microsoft last week. But who is Rajeev Suri? Here is everything we know about Rajeev Suri.
46-year-old Suri, born in India, has been with Nokia for almost 20 years. Suri joined Nokia in 1995 and has held a wide range of leadership positions in the company.
He has led Nokia Solutions and Networks - the smaller network equipment unit of Nokia when the company still made mobile phones - since 2009. Suri is credited with turning the unit around, and last year it contributed most of the 12.7 billion euro ($17.58 billion)turnover Nokia made from its continuing operations.
Suri, a graduate from the Manipal Institute of Technology, will take over as Nokia CEO on May 1.
The widely-expected appointment came as Nokia reorganises strategy to deal with the remaining networks, mapping and technology development and licenses.
Nokia Corp. completed the 5.44 billion-euro ($7.5 billion) sale of its devices and services division and a license to a portfolio of patents to Microsoft on Friday. Nokia was due to announce first-quarter earnings later Tuesday.
(With inputs from agencies)
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