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Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai (cropped).jpg
Born (1972-07-12) July 12, 1972 (age 44) [1]
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India[2]
Residence Los Altos Hills, California, U.S.
Nationality Indian-American[3]
Citizenship United States
Alma mater IIT Kharagpur (B.Tech.)
Stanford University (M.S.)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Occupation CEO of Google[4]
Employer Google Inc.
Salary US$150 million (2015)[5]
Net worth Increase US$1.05 billion [6](December 2015)

Pichai Sundararajan (born 12 July 1972), also known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian American business executive.

Pichai is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Google Inc.[7][8][9] Formerly the Product Chief of Google, Pichai's current role was announced on 10 August 2015, as part of the restructuring process that made Alphabet Inc. into Google's parent company,[10] and he assumed the position on 2 October 2015.[11]

Early life and education

Pichai was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India,[2] in a Tamil family to Lakshmi and Ragunatha Pichai.[12] He spent his childhood in Madras (now Chennai). His father was a senior electrical engineer at General Electric, and managed a factory that made electrical components.[13][14][15] Sundar grew up in a two-room apartment on 46th Street, 7th Avenue, in Ashok Nagar, Chennai.[16]

Sundar completed his Class X at Jawahar Vidyalaya, Ashok Nagar Chennai and completed the Class XII from Vana Vani school located in the IIT, Chennai.[17][18] Pichai earned his degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in Metallurgical Engineering.[19] He holds an M.S. from Stanford University in Material Sciences and Engineering and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,[20] where he was named a Siebel Scholar[21][22] and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.

Career

Pichai speaking at the 2015 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain

Pichai worked in engineering and product management at Applied Materials and in management consulting at McKinsey & Company.[23]

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[24] and Chrome OS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive. He went on to oversee the development of different applications (apps) such as Gmail and Google Maps.[25][26] On 19 November 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration of Chrome OS and the Chromebook was released for trial and testing in 2011, and released to the public in 2012.[27] On 20 May 2010, he announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google, and introduced the new video format, WebM.[28]

On 13 March 2013, Pichai added Android to the list of Google products he oversees. Android was formerly managed by Andy Rubin.[29] He was a director of Jive Software from April 2011 to 30 July 2013.[30][31][32] Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on 10 August 2015[10] after previously being appointed Product Chief by CEO, Larry Page. On 24 October 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.[11][32][33]

Pichai had been suggested as a contender for Microsoft's CEO in 2014, a position that was eventually given to Satya Nadella.[34][35]

Personal life

Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai, a chemical engineer, a classmate at IIT Kharagpur.[8][36] They have two children, and live in Los Altos Hills, in a home designed by Robert Swatt of Swatt Miers.[37][38]

References

  1. ^ Nidhi. "All you need to know about , Google's first India-born CEO". dnaindia. Retrieved 9 February 2016. 
  2. ^ a b Vaitheesvaran, Bharani; Elizabeth, Shilpa (12 August 2015). "The rapid climb of Sundar Pichai to technology pfeak: From school days to Silicon Valley". The Economic Times. 
  3. ^ "Sundar Pichai, biography". 11 August 2015. 
  4. ^ "India-born Sundar Pichai is new CEO of Google". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 August 2015. 
  5. ^ "Sundar Pichai's Salary Package Will Really Make You Curl Up In A Corner And Cry!". 
  6. ^ Neate, Rupert (February 8, 2016). "Google's Sundar Pichai becomes highest-paid CEO in US" – via The Guardian. 
  7. ^ "Google's Sundar Pichai too in race to head Microsoft?". Times of India. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014. 
  8. ^ a b "Sundar Pichai; man who runs Chrome at Google". Siliconindia.com. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2012. 
  9. ^ "New CEO of Google alphabet Pichai Sundararajan". TNP LIVE. Hyderabad, India. 11 August 2015. 
  10. ^ a b "G is for Google". Official Google Blog. 
  11. ^ a b "SEC Filing (Form 8-K) by Alphabet Inc.". 2 October 2015. 
  12. ^ "Sundar Pichai and the world of Indian CEOs". 
  13. ^ "Ten things about Sundar Pichai". dailyo.in. August 11, 2015. 
  14. ^ "Sundar Pichai – An Inspiring Migrant Story". Y- AXIS. August 11, 2015. 
  15. ^ "Sundar Pichai, the man who runs Android". The Indian Express. August 11, 2015. 
  16. ^ "A shy, quiet boy who loved science". Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved August 12, 2015. 
  17. ^ "Sundar Pichai, a quiet boy". The Hindu. 
  18. ^ "School mates talk about Sundar Pichai". The Hindu. <
  19. ^ "Chennai's Sundar Pichai is dark horse". indiatimes.com. 
  20. ^ "The rise and rise of Sundar Pichai". 
  21. ^ Siebel Scholars. Siebel Scholars. Retrieved on 23 August 2013.
  22. ^ Cooper, Charles (13 March 2013). "Sundar Pichai:Seven prominent Indian-origin people in global IT world". CNET. Retrieved 14 March 2013. 
  23. ^ Thoppil, Dhanya Ann (14 March 2013). "Who Is Google Android's Sundar Pichai?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 April 2014. 
  24. ^ Lee, Dave (11 August 2015). "Sundar Pichai: Google's new boss from humble roots". BBC. Retrieved August 11, 2015. 
  25. ^ Cooper, Charles (March 13, 2013). "Meet Google new Android chief Sundar Pichai". CNET. Retrieved March 14, 2013. 
  26. ^ Cooper, Charles (13 March 2013). "Sundar Pichai: The man Google, Twitter fought for". CNET. Retrieved 14 March 2013. 
  27. ^ Strohmeyer, Robert (19 November 2009). "Google Chrome OS Unveiled: Speed, Simplicity, and Security Stressed". PCWorld. Retrieved 15 November 2012. 
  28. ^ "Google Open Sourcing VP8 as Part of WebM Project — Online Video News". Gigaom.com. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2012. 
  29. ^ Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (13 March 2013). "Google Replaces Android Boss Andy Rubin With Chrome's Sundar Pichai". Wired. Retrieved 13 March 2013. 
  30. ^ "Who is Sundar Pichai?". NDTV.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  31. ^ "Jive Elects Informatica Executive Margaret Breya to Board of Directors". Jive Software. Retrieved 12 February 2014. 
  32. ^ a b Helft, Miguel (27 October 2014). "The Incredibly Fast Rise of Sundar Pichai". Fortune. 
  33. ^ "Official Google Blog: G is for Google". Official Google Blog. 
  34. ^ Furrier, John (31 January 2014). "Google SVP of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai now front runner for Microsoft CEO job". SiliconANGLE. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  35. ^ Samuel Gibbs, The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley theguardian.com 11 April 2014
  36. ^ "Wharton: From Foreign Trade to a Global Interlinked Economy". Wharton School. Retrieved 2014-01-03. 
  37. ^ Thielman, Sam (15 August 2015). "Sundar Pichai: Google rising star reaches the top (like his teacher said he would)". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 August 2015. Married with two children. 
  38. ^ Matthews, Damion (2016-01-25). "» See Swatt Miers' Design For Google CEO's New Home". SFLUXE. Retrieved 26 June 2016. 

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