Sundar Pichai

Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972[4]), accepted as Sundar Pichai (/ˈsʊndɑːr pɪˈtʃaɪ/), is an Indian-American business executive.[5] He is the arch controlling administrator (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its accessory Google.

Born in Madurai, India, Pichai becoming his amount from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering. Moving to the United States, he accomplished an M.S. from Stanford University in abstracts science and engineering and added accomplished an MBA from the Wharton Academy of the University of Pennsylvania, area he was called a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.[6]

Pichai began his career as a abstracts engineer. He abutting Google in 2004, area he led the artefact administration and accession efforts for a accommodation of Google's applicant software products, including Google Chrome and Chrome OS, as able-bodied as actuality abundantly amenable for Google Drive. In addition, he went on to baby-sit the development of added applications such as Gmail and Google Maps. In 2010, Pichai additionally appear the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google and alien the new video format, WebM. The Chromebook was appear in 2012. In 2013, Pichai added Android to the account of Google articles that he oversaw.

Pichai was called to become the abutting CEO of Google on August 10, 2015, afterwards ahead actuality appointed Artefact Arch by CEO, Larry Page. On October 24, 2015, he stepped into the new position at the achievement of the accumulation of Alphabet Inc., the new captivation aggregation for the Google aggregation family.

Pichai is included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.Early activity and education

Pichai was built-in in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.[8][9] His mother, Lakshmi, was a stenographer, and his father, Regunatha Pichai, was an electrical architect at GEC, the British conglomerate. His ancestor additionally had a accomplishment bulb that produced electrical components.[10][11] Pichai grew up in a two-room accommodation in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and had a Hindu upbringing.[10]

Pichai completed ancestry in Jawahar Vidyalaya, a Central Board of Secondary Education academy in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and completed the Class XII from Vana Vani academy at IIT Madras.[12][13] He becoming his amount from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering and is a acclaimed alum from that institution.[14] He holds an M.S. from Stanford University in abstracts science and engineering, and an MBA from the Wharton Academy of the University of Pennsylvania,[15] area he was called a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.[6][16][17]
Career
Pichai speaking at the 2015 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain

Pichai formed in engineering and artefact administration at Applied Abstracts and in administration consulting at McKinsey & Company.[18] Pichai abutting Google in 2004, area he led the artefact administration and accession efforts for a accommodation of Google's applicant software products, including Google Chrome[19] and Chrome OS, as able-bodied as actuality abundantly amenable for Google Drive. He went on to baby-sit the development of added applications such as Gmail and Google Maps.[20][21] On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a affirmation of Chrome OS; the Chromebook was appear for balloon and testing in 2011, and appear to the accessible in 2012.[22] On May 20, 2010, he appear the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google and alien the new video format, WebM.[23]

On March 13, 2013, Pichai added Android to the account of Google articles that he oversaw. Android was aforetime managed by Andy Rubin.[24] He was a administrator of Jive Software from April 2011 to July 30, 2013.[25][26][27] Pichai was called to become the abutting CEO of Google on August 10, 2015[28] afterwards ahead actuality appointed Artefact Arch by CEO, Larry Page. On October 24, 2015 he stepped into the new position at the achievement of the accumulation of Alphabet Inc., the new captivation aggregation for the Google aggregation family.[29][27][30]

Pichai had been appropriate as a adversary for Microsoft's CEO in 2014, a position that was eventually accustomed to Satya Nadella.[31][32]

In August 2017, Pichai drew publicity for battlefront a Google agent who wrote a ten-page acclamation criticizing the company's assortment behavior and arguing that "distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women alter in allotment due to biological causes and ... these differences may explain why we don't see according representation of women in tech and leadership".[33][34][35][36] While acquainted that the acclamation aloft a cardinal of issues that are accessible to debate, Pichai said in a announcement to Google advisers that "to advance a accumulation of our colleagues accept ancestry that accomplish them beneath biologically ill-fitted to that assignment is abhorrent and not OK".[37]

In December 2017, Pichai was a apostle at the World Internet Conference in China, area he declared that "a lot of assignment Google does is to advice Chinese companies. There are abounding baby and medium-sized businesses in China who booty advantage of Google to get their articles to abounding added countries alfresco of China."[38][39]

In December 2019, Pichai became the CEO of Alphabet Inc.[40][41]
U.S. Congress testimony

On December 11, 2018, Pichai testified afore the U.S. House Judiciary Board on a advanced ambit of Google-related issues such as the alleged, abeyant political bent on Google's platforms, the company's declared affairs for a "censored chase app" in China, and its aloofness practices.[42] Pichai, in response, declared that Google advisers cannot access chase results. He additionally declared that Google users can opt out of accepting their abstracts calm and that "there are no accepted affairs for a censored chase engine" in China.[43] Wired's Issie Lapowsky characterized Pichai's actualization afore the board as one "major absent opportunity," since, as she wrote, its associates "staked out adverse abandon of a accessory battle," and presented to the accessible "a anxiety admonition of Congress's connected abstruse ignorance."[44]

In October 2020, the US Senate Commerce Board absolutely voted, on bipartisan basis, to amendment Sundar Pichai, forth with the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter to force them to affirm afore the console about apropos over the tech industry’s key acknowledged shield, beneath Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1934.[45]
Personal life

He is affiliated to Anjali Pichai, née Haryani, a actinic architect from Kota, Rajasthan. They met as classmates at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.[46] The brace accept two children.[47] Pichai's interests accommodate football and cricket.