Give birth and deliver are the same thing. The doctor can’t deliver a baby because he/she doesn’t have it to deliver. The doc helps the mother to deliver the baby. Are you delivering the package when the UPS guy hands it to you?
Yeah, what I said made no sense (wasn’t familiar with that usage), but you are wrong too. Turns out a mother or doctor or other attendant can “deliver” a child:
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a. To give birth to: She delivered a baby boy this morning. b. To assist (a woman) in giving birth: The doctor delivered her of twins. c. To assist or aid in the birth of: The midwife delivered the baby.
I think he is referring to the fact that Nikesh has a CFA charter. There is also a possibility that Blake is Nikesh. This would explain how he keeps dealing with “executives and their assistants”.