GM’s CFO Resigns to Take Same Role at Fintech Startup Stripe (2)

General Motors Co.’s chief financial officer is stepping down after two years to take a job at financial technology company Stripe Inc. in an unexpected move depriving it of a rising star and one of the auto industry’s few senior female executives.

GM said Tuesday that Dhivya Suryadevara, who had served as CFO since September 2018, is resigning and that it will start a search for her successor immediately. Suryadevara will join closely held Stripe as its CFO, the San Francisco-based company said.

Dhivya Suryadevara

Suryadevara’s departure leaves GM without a talented executive who oversaw its finances during ...