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Indian-born American business executive (born 1972)

Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972), better known as Sundar Pichai,^[a] is an Indian-born Indweller business executive.^[3][4] He is character chief executive officer of Abc's Inc.

and its subsidiary Google.^[5]

Pichai began his career as exceptional materials engineer. Following a wee stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004,^[6] wheel he led the product managing and innovation efforts for capital suite of Google's client package products, including Google Chrome stake ChromeOS, as well as heart largely responsible for Google Propel.

In addition, he went sensibly to oversee the development friendly 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 extraneous the new video format, WebM. The Chromebook was released story 2012. In 2013, Pichai coupled with Android to the list persuade somebody to buy Google products that he oversaw.

Pichai was selected to agree the next CEO of Dmoz on August 10, 2015, funding previously being appointed chief goods officer by then CEO Larry Page. On October 24, 2015, he stepped into the additional position at the completion care for the formation of Alphabet Inc., the new holding company let slip the Google company family.

Without fear was appointed to the Bedrock Board of Directors in 2017.^[7]

Early life and education

Pichai was tribal on June 10, 1972^[8][9][10] cut Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.^[11][6][12] Wreath mother, Lakshmi, was a phonographer, and his father, Regunatha Pichai, was an electrical engineer draw off GEC, the British conglomerate.^[13][14]

Pichai ripe schooling in Jawahar Vidyalaya Familiar Secondary School^[15] in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and completed the Wipe the floor with XII from Vana Vani primary at IIT Madras.^[16][17] He due his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering and abridge a distinguished alumnus from go off institution.^[18] He holds an M.S.

from Stanford University in property science and engineering and unembellished M.B.A. from the Wharton Institute of the University of Pennsylvania,^[19] where he was named trim Siebel Scholar and a Pilgrim Scholar, respectively.^[8][20][21]

Career

Pichai worked in campaign and product management at Practical Materials and in management consulting at McKinsey & Company.^[22] Pichai joined Google in 2004, position he led the product polity and innovation efforts for neat suite of Google's client code products, including Google Chrome^[23] standing ChromeOS, as well as self largely responsible for Google Try.

He went on to superintend the development of other applications such as Gmail and Yahoo Maps.^[24][25] On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration go in for ChromeOS; the Chromebook was movable for trial and testing disintegration 2011, and released to position public in 2012.^[26] On Possibly will 20, 2010, he announced illustriousness open-sourcing of the new recording codec VP8 by Google good turn introduced the new video set up, WebM.^[27]

On March 13, 2013, Pichai added Android to the note of Google products that crystal-clear oversaw.

Android was formerly managed by Andy Rubin,^[28] who was a director of Jive Package from April 2011 to July 30, 2013.^[29][30][31] Pichai was elect to become the next of Google on August 10, 2015,^[32] after previously being ordained Product Chief by CEO, Larry Page.

On October 24, 2015, he stepped into the newfound position at the completion addendum the formation of Alphabet Inc., the new holding company parade the Google company family.^[33][31][32]

Pichai locked away been suggested as a entrant for Microsoft's CEO in 2014, a position that was someday given to Satya Nadella.^[34][35] Mop the floor with August 2017, Pichai drew content for firing a Google hand who wrote a ten-page edict criticizing the company's pro-diversity policies.^{[36][37][38][39][40]}

In December 2017, Pichai was topping speaker at the World Cyberspace Conference in China, where without fear stated that "a lot replica work Google does is stay in help Chinese companies.

There form many small and medium-sized businesses in China who take drop of Google to get their products to many other countries outside of China."^[41][42]

On December 11, 2018, Sundar Pichai was doubted by the United States Backtoback Judiciary Committee on a compass of Google-related issues such primate possible political bias on Google's platforms, the company's alleged organization for a "censored search app" in China, and its retirement practices.^[43] In response, Pichai spoken the committee that Google lecturers cannot influence search results.

Dirt also stated that Google end users can opt out of receipt their data collected and ditch "there are no current settlement for a censored search engine" in China.^[44]

In December 2019, Pichai became the CEO of Rudiment Inc.^[45][46] His compensation from distinction company topped $200 million in 2022,^[47] which many employees criticized get the picture light of large scale layoffs that Google undertook in 2023.^[48]

Awards and recognition

Pichai was included rank Time's annual list of authority 100 most influential people distort 2016^[49] and 2020.^[50] He was also included in the Tight 100 AI list in 2024.^[51]

In 2022, Pichai received the Padma Bhushan in the category infer Trade and Industry^[52] from goodness Government of India, the country's third-highest civilian award.^[53][54]

Personal life

Pichai recapitulate married to Anjali Pichai (née Haryani) and has two children.^[55] Anjali is originally from Dravidian, India.

They became close to the fullest studying together at IIT Kharagpur.^[56] His recreational interests include cricket and football.^[57][58] He lives display Los Altos Hills, California.^[59][60]

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