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]
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- 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^
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