Robin Khuda

Robin Khuda
Born1979 or 1980 (age 46–47)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
EducationUniversity of Technology Sydney
Known forfounder of AirTrunk
Children2

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

Early life

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

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

Career

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.

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

In 2024, he was named AFR "Business Person of the Year". He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering in 2026.

Personal life

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

References

  1. 1 2 KwanReporter, Campbell (12 March 2024). "How Robin Khuda went from near-bankruptcy to creating a $14b titan". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 ProthomAloEnglish. "How Robin Khuda became one of Australia's wealthiest". ProthomAloEnglish. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Fildes, Nic (5 September 2024). "AI data boom mints Australia's latest billionaire after $16bn Blackstone deal". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "He's inked a $24b deal but AirTrunk's Robin Khuda is only getting started". Australian Financial Review. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Robin Khuda". Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Khan, Kawsar (19 March 2025). "How Robin Khuda became one of Australia's wealthiest". Prothomalo. Retrieved 22 September 2025.