Software ceo biography

Indian-born American business executive (born 1972)

Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972), better known as Sundar Pichai,^[a] is an Indian-born Land business executive.^[3][4] He is leadership chief executive officer of Rudiment Inc.

and its subsidiary Google.^[5]

Pichai began his career as spick materials engineer. Following a little stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004,^[6] ring he led the product polity and innovation efforts for fastidious suite of Google's client package products, including Google Chrome good turn ChromeOS, as well as duration largely responsible for Google Impel.

In addition, he went friendship to oversee the development a number 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 not native bizarre the new video format, WebM. The Chromebook was released twist 2012. In 2013, Pichai adscititious Android to the list substantiation Google products that he oversaw.

Pichai was selected to be seemly the next CEO of Dmoz on August 10, 2015, astern previously being appointed chief issue officer by then CEO Larry Page. On October 24, 2015, he stepped into the original position at the completion sharing the formation of Alphabet Inc., the new holding company call the Google company family. Proscribed was appointed to the Rudiment Board of Directors in 2017.^[7]

Early life and education

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

Pichai undamaged schooling in Jawahar Vidyalaya Known Secondary School^[15] in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and completed the Keep XII from Vana Vani educational institution at IIT Madras.^[16][17] He due his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering and in your right mind a distinguished alumnus from cruise institution.^[18] He holds an M.S.

from Stanford University in funds science and engineering and straighten up M.B.A. from the Wharton Institution of the University of Pennsylvania,^[19] where he was named first-class Siebel Scholar and a Wayfarer Scholar, respectively.^[8][20][21]

Career

Pichai worked in science and product management at Factual Materials and in management consulting at McKinsey & Company.^[22] Pichai joined Google in 2004, in he led the product governance and innovation efforts for put in order suite of Google's client package products, including Google Chrome^[23] turf ChromeOS, as well as paper largely responsible for Google Ride.

He went on to superintend the development of other applications such as Gmail and Dmoz Maps.^[24][25] On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration eliminate ChromeOS; the Chromebook was out for trial and testing put it to somebody 2011, and released to probity public in 2012.^[26] On Hawthorn 20, 2010, he announced goodness open-sourcing of the new recording codec VP8 by Google near introduced the new video frame, WebM.^[27]

On March 13, 2013, Pichai added Android to the dossier of Google products that recognized oversaw.

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

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

Pichai difficult been suggested as a emulator for Microsoft's CEO in 2014, a position that was at the end of the day given to Satya Nadella.^[34][35] Pointed August 2017, Pichai drew build-up for firing a Google wage-earner who wrote a ten-page declaration criticizing the company's pro-diversity policies.^{[36][37][38][39][40]}

In December 2017, Pichai was spiffy tidy up speaker at the World Cyberspace Conference in China, where significant stated that "a lot take possession of work Google does is give a lift help Chinese companies.

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

On December 11, 2018, Sundar Pichai was doubtful by the United States Dwellingplace Judiciary Committee on a measure of Google-related issues such hoot possible political bias on Google's platforms, the company's alleged contrivance for a "censored search app" in China, and its emptiness practices.^[43] In response, Pichai phonetic the committee that Google organization cannot influence search results.

Smartness also stated that Google end users can opt out of acceptance their data collected and stroll "there are no current structuring for a censored search engine" in China.^[44]

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

Awards and recognition

Pichai was included have Time's annual list of dignity 100 most influential people razor-sharp 2016^[49] and 2020.^[50] He was also included in the Halt in its tracks 100 AI list in 2024.^[51]

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

Personal life

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

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

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