Robin Khuda

Robin Khuda (born 1979 or 1980) is an Australian billionaire, and the founder of AirTrunk, a data centre company.

Robin Khuda was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] He was educated at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government Boys' High School and SOS Hermann Gmeiner College.[1]

Khuda moved to Australia aged 18 to continue his accountancy studies.[2] He earned a degree in accounting from the University of Technology Sydney.[2]

He worked in the telecoms and cloud computing businesses for Singtel and Fujitsu, before becoming chief financial officer (CFO) of Pipe Networks, and then CFO of NextDC.[2]

At one point, he used his retirement savings to keep the business going and considered bankruptcy.[3]

In 2024, he was named AFR "Business Person of the Year".[4]

Khuda lives in Sydney with his wife, two daughters and his parents.[5]

References

  1. ProthomAloEnglish. How Robin Khuda became one of Australia's wealthiest ProthomAloEnglish, retrieved 2025-09-22^
  2. Nic Fildes. AI data boom mints Australia's latest billionaire after $16bn Blackstone deal Financial Times, 5 September 2024, retrieved 22 September 2025^
  3. Campbell KwanReporter. How Robin Khuda went from near-bankruptcy to creating a $14b titan Australian Financial Review, 2024-03-12, retrieved 2025-09-22^
  4. He's inked a $24b deal but AirTrunk's Robin Khuda is only getting started Australian Financial Review, 2024-12-04, retrieved 2025-09-22^
  5. Kawsar Khan. How Robin Khuda became one of Australia's wealthiest Prothomalo, 2025-03-19, retrieved 2025-09-22^