[6][7] Rajeev Suri was born on 10 October 1967 in New Delhi, India, and was raised in Kuwait.

Suri has a bachelor of engineering degree in electronics and communications from Manipal Institute of Technology, which was then affiliated to Mangalore University.

[5] In March 2020, it was announced that Suri would step down as CEO of Nokia.

[13] On 24 February 2021, Suri was appointed as the CEO of Inmarsat, replacing Rupert Pearce.

[15][16][17][18] He is married to Nina Alag Suri, a businesswoman and the founder and CEO of Singaporean startup X0pa.ai.