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Sundar Pichai

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Sundar Pichai
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Sundar Pichai (cropped).jpg
Pichai in 2014
BornPichai Sundararajan
July 12, 1972 (age 43) [1]
Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, India[2]
EthnicityTamil
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materIIT Kharagpur (B.Tech)
Stanford University (M.S.)
The Wharton School (MBA)
OccupationCEO of Google[3]
EmployerGoogle Inc.
Spouse(s)Anjali Pichai

Pichai Sundararajan (born 1972), better known as Sundar Pichai is an Indian American Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc.[4][5][6] Formerly Product Chief at Google, Pichai's current role was announced on August 10, 2015, as part of the restructuring process which made Alphabet Inc. into Google's parent company.[7] He assumed the position upon the completion of the process on October 2, 2015.[8]

Early life and education[edit]

Pichai was born in Chennai,[2] Tamil NaduIndia, in a Tamil family to Lakshmi and Regunatha Pichai.[9] He spent his childhood inMadras (now Chennai). His father was a senior electrical engineer in General Electric and managed a factory that made electrical components.[10][11][12] Sundar grew up in a two-room apartment on 46th Street, 7th Avenue, in Ashok Nagar, Chennai.[13] 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.[14][15] Pichai earned his degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in Metallurgical Engineering.[16] He holds an M.S. from Stanford University in Material Sciences and Engineering and a MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,[17] where he was named a Siebel Scholar[18][19] and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.

Career[edit]

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.[20]

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[21] and Chrome OS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive. He went on to oversee the development of different apps such as Gmail and Google Maps.[22][23] On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration of Chrome OS and the Chromebook was released for trial and testing in 2011 and released in public in 2012.[24]On May 20, 2010, he announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google, and introduced the new video formatWebM.[25]

On March 13, 2013, Pichai added Android to the list of Google products he oversees. Android was formerly managed by Andy Rubin.[26] He was rumored to be one of the contenders for the CEO position of Microsoft in 2014.[27] He was a director of Jive Software from April 2011 to July 30, 2013.[28][29][30] Pichai was announced as the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015[7] after previously being appointed Product Chief by CEO Larry Page on October 24, 2014. He stepped into the new position upon the completion of the formation of Alphabet Inc., the new holding company for the Google company family.[8][30][31] Pichai had been suggested as a contender for Microsoft’s chief executive officer; Satya Nadella was eventually chosen.[32]

Personal life[edit]

He is married to Anjali Pichai, a chemical engineer and same-year classmate at IIT Kharagpur, and has two children.[5][33][34]

References[edit]

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  26. Jump up^ Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (13 March 2013). "Google Replaces Android Boss Andy Rubin With Chrome’s Sundar Pichai"Wired. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
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