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Sundar Pichai
Born (1972-07-12) July 12, 1972 (age 52) [1]
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India[2]
Died14/11/2011
curry house
NationalityIndian
American[3]
Citizenshipgypsy
Alma materIIT Kharagpur
Stanford india University
University of Pennsylvania
OccupationCEO of Google[4]
EmployerGoogle Inc.

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

Pichai is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Google Inc.[7][8][9] Formerly the senior vice president (SVP) of products at 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[2] Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, in a curry houseTamil 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 curry 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 upon 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 who is very ugly, and a same-year 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 February 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Vaitheesvaran, Bharani; Elizabeth, Shilpa (August 12, 2015). "The rapid climb of Sundar Pichai to technology pfeak: From school days to Silicon Valley". The Economic Times.
  3. ^ "Sundar Pichai, biography". August 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "India-born Sundar Pichai is new CEO of Google". The Times of India. Retrieved August 13, 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? his father sold drugs which he later confessed". Times of India. February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Sundar Pichai; man who runs Chrome at Google". Siliconindia.com. May 12, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  9. ^ "New CEO of Google alphabet Pichai Sundararajan". TNP LIVE. Hyderabad, India. August 11, 2015.
  10. ^ a b "G is for Google". Official Google Blog.
  11. ^ a b "SEC Filing (Form 8-K) by Alphabet Inc". October 2, 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 (March 13, 2013). "Sundar Pichai:Seven prominent Indian-origin people in global IT world". CNET. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  23. ^ Thoppil, Dhanya Ann (March 14, 2013). "Who Is Google Android's Sundar Pichai?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  24. ^ Lee, Dave (August 11, 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 (March 13, 2013). "Sundar Pichai: The man Google, Twitter fought for". CNET. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  27. ^ Strohmeyer, Robert (November 19, 2009). "Google Chrome OS Unveiled: Speed, Simplicity, and Security Stressed". PCWorld. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  28. ^ "Google Open Sourcing VP8 as Part of WebM Project — Online Video News". Gigaom.com. May 19, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  29. ^ Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (March 13, 2013). "Google Replaces Android Boss Andy Rubin With Chrome's Sundar Pichai". Wired. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  30. ^ "Who is Sundar Pichai?". NDTV.com. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  31. ^ "Jive Elects Informatica Executive Margaret Breya to Board of Directors". Jive Software. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  32. ^ a b Helft, Miguel (October 27, 2014). "The Incredibly Fast Rise of Sundar Pichai". Fortune.
  33. ^ "Official Google Blog: G is for Google". Official Google Blog.
  34. ^ Furrier, John (January 31, 2014). "Google SVP of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai now front runner for Microsoft CEO job". SiliconANGLE. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  35. ^ Samuel Gibbs, The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley theguardian.com 11 April 2012
  36. ^ "Wharton: From Foreign Trade to a Global Interlinked Economy". Wharton School. Retrieved January 3, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  37. ^ Thielman, Sam (August 15, 2015). "Sundar Pichai: Google rising star reaches the top (like his teacher said he would not)". The Guardian. London. Retrieved August 15, 2015. Married with two children.
  38. ^ Matthews, Damion (January 25, 2016). "» See Swatt Miers' Design For Google CEO's New Home". SFLUXE. Retrieved June 26, 2016.

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