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George Kurian

Indian-American businessperson (born 1966)

George Kurian is an American business executive. He is the current chief executive officer and a member of the board of NetApp.2

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About

Prior to this, he was the executive vice president of product operations at NetApp.

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Companies

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

  • Sep 24, 2026Sold 37,000 shares at $199.95 of NetApp16
  • Sep 21, 2026Sold 13,000 shares at $200.01 of NetApp18
  • Sep 14, 2026Sold 1,488 shares at $194.04 of NetApp19
  • Sep 14, 2026Sold 1,370 shares at $193.34 of NetApp19
  • Sep 14, 2026Sold 12,845 shares at $192.11 of NetApp19
  • Sep 14, 2026Sold 12,681 shares at $191.25 of NetApp19
  • Sep 14, 2026Sold 11,616 shares at $190.28 of NetApp19
  • Aug 15, 2026Shares withheld for tax 3,817 shares at $204.99 of NetApp20
  • Aug 15, 2026Exercised options 7,565 shares of NetApp20
  • May 15, 2026Shares withheld for tax 9,326 shares at $119.93 of NetApp21
  • May 15, 2026Exercised options 18,489 shares of NetApp21
  • May 14, 2026Shares withheld for tax 35,332 shares at $118.58 of NetApp22
  • May 14, 2026Granted 70,060 shares of NetApp22
  • May 14, 2026Shares withheld for tax 28,759 shares at $118.58 of NetApp22
  • May 14, 2026Granted 57,027 shares of NetApp22
  • Apr 22, 2026Granted 782 shares of The Cigna Group17
  • Feb 15, 2026Shares withheld for tax 3,951 shares at $98.22 of NetApp23
  • Feb 15, 2026Exercised options 7,760 shares of NetApp23
  • Nov 15, 2025Shares withheld for tax 3,876 shares at $109.60 of NetApp24
  • Nov 15, 2025Exercised options 7,759 shares of NetApp24
  • Sep 17, 2025Sold 8,750 shares at $122.91 of NetApp25
  • Aug 18, 2025Sold 8,500 shares at $108.85 of NetApp26
  • Aug 15, 2025Shares withheld for tax 3,878 shares at $108.79 of NetApp27
  • Aug 15, 2025Exercised options 7,761 shares of NetApp27
  • Jul 21, 2025Sold 8,500 shares at $108.08 of NetApp28

Early life and education

  • 1990Princeton University Bachelor of Science; electrical engineering, computer science3 4
  • 1993 to 1995Stanford University Master of Business Administration3 4
  • Date not recordedSt. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore3

Kurian was born to P. C. Kurian and his wife Molly in 1966 in Pampady village of Kottayam district in Kerala, India. Kurian senior was a chemical engineer and the general manager of Graphite India. Kurian was one among four brothers including his identical twin and Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian.

As their father's career involved moving around India, the twins boarded at the Jesuit-run St Joseph's Boys' High School in Bangalore. Both were accepted to the university IIT Madras. There they both took SAT tests and sent the results to various colleges, including Princeton University, which offered both of them partial scholarship places. At the age of 17, along with Thomas Kurian, he moved to the United States. George Kurian is a 1995 graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also holds an electrical engineering degree from Princeton University.

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Career

Occupation: chief executive officer.7 8

Kurian worked as a valet, pizza chef and bartender in college.

His career in tech included the role of vice president at Akamai Technologies, management consulting at McKinsey & Company, and leading Software Engineering and Product Management teams at Oracle Corporation.

NetApp Inc.

Kurian joined NetApp in 2011 as senior vice president of its storage solutions group. He was promoted to executive vice president (EVP) for product operations in 2013. He was promoted to chief executive officer in 2015.

Kurian received a base salary of $9,491,210 as chief executive officer and director at NetApp in 2020.

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Personal life

  • BornKerala9

Kurian is married and is a father of two. He resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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    Wikidata and SEC EDGARThe Cigna Group, Board member
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    Wikidata and SEC EDGARNetApp, Chief executive officer
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