Detroit, Oct 31 (AP) General Motors has hired away Delta Airlines' CFO to fill the automaker's top financial job.

The Detroit-based company said on Friday that Paul Jacobson will start the new position on December 1.

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The 48-year-old Jacobson has been the airline's CFO for the past eight years.

He'll replace Dhivya Suryadevara, who left GM in August for Silicon Valley payments startup Stripe.

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GM said that Jacobson joined Delta as a financial analyst in 1997 and also served as senior vice president and treasurer.

Delta is widely viewed by Wall Street as the best-run US airline, and was the most profitable carrier for the past decade.(AP)

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