- Sonebhadra Times
- Jan 2
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Biography: (born June 10, 1972) better known as Sundar Pichai is an Indian-born American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google.
Born : June 10, 1972 (age 49)
Full Name : Pichai Sundararajan
Born Place : Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Citizenship : United States
Education : IIT Kharagpur (BTech)
Stanford University (MS)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Title : CEO of Alphabet and Google
Board member of Alphabet Inc. and Magic Leap (2014–2018)
Spouse(s) : Anjali Pichai
Children : 2
Awards : Padma Bhushan (2022)
Born in Madras, India, Pichai earned his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering. Moving to the United States, he attained an M.S. from Stanford University in materials science and engineering and further attained an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.
Pichai began his career as a materials engineer. Following a short stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004, where he led the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google's client software products, including Google Chrome and Chrome OS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive. In addition, he went on to oversee the development of other applications such as Gmail and Google Maps. In 2010, Pichai also announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google and introduced the new video format, WebM. The Chromebook was released in 2012. In 2013, Pichai added Android to the list of Google products that he oversaw.
Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015, after previously being appointed Product Chief by CEO Larry Page. On October 24, 2015, he stepped into the new position at the completion of the formation of Alphabet Inc., the new holding company for the Google company family. He was appointed to the Alphabet Board of Directors in 2017. Pichai was included in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in 2016 and 2020.