Sundar pichai great tamilian - google ceo - arise dreams
1. Sundar Pichai: Google's New CEO – Great Tamilian!!!
Co-founders of Google, Larry page and Sergey Brin have decided to subsume their company into
new parent firm- Alphabet on August 10. The news of the sweeping reorganization of the search
giant came along with naming Sundar Pichai as the new CEO at Google.
The move was quite surprising where the cofounders unveiled the launch of new umbrella
company -Alphabet under which Google would remain the biggest piece. The new structured
Alphabet would include Google, Calico, X lab, Google's investment arms, Ventures and Capital
whereas the subsidiary Google would take under search, maps, apps, ads, Android and YouTube
and associated technical infrastructure.Sundar Pichai, 43, a Chennai native, had joined Google
back in 2004. Although Pichai’s journey had been slow, he steadily climbed the ladder of
success in Google.
The influential business leader with the rare managerial quality, Pichai Sundararajan graduated
from IIT Kharagpur and Stanford University. He started off in Google working on their Toolbar
followed by leading the famed browser Chrome in 2008. Following this elevation, he was then
named the Senior Vice President of all the Google apps and finally was handed the operations of
Android.This major leap would mean that now two of the world’s largest tech companies will be
headed by executives of Indian-origin- Pichai at Goolge and Satya Nadella at Microsoft. Pichai
being named as the new CEO at Google would also mark a milestone for Indian-origin CEOs
and techies who have been on an evangelical kind of journey to set new benchmarks in world of
technology.
2. Early life and Background
Born on July 12, 1972 in Chennai, India, Pichai finished his early education and schooling from
Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Jawahar Vidyalaya and VanaVani. He holds a B.Tech degree in
Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He moved to U.S. in the year 1993 to pursue
higher education. He completed MS from Stanford University followed by pursuing an MBA
from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Work Life
Before joining Google he had been a part of McKinsey & Company in management consulting
and Applied Materials in engineering and product management.
Early Google Days
Pichai joined Google in 2004 and worked on Toolbar, Google Gears and Google Pack before the
launch of Google Chrome. Witnessing the surge in user searches and success of Toolbar, Google
came up with the idea of launching its own browser.
3. Launch of Chrome and Ascent of Pichai
He controlled the product management and innovation efforts for client’s software products like
Google Chrome and Chrome OS. Recognizing his efforts, Pichai was soon named the Vice
President of product development launching the successful Chrome browser in the year 2008 and
then Chrome OS in 2009. With time he became popular in Google. Being named as the Senior
Vice President of Chrome and apps in 2012 was yet another milestone he achieved.
Jump To Android
The year 2013 marked an important event in Sundar Pichai’s work life when he replaced Andy
Rubin as the Android Chief. Although Rubin has been behind the creation and fame of Android,
however, Larry Page found that Pichai could bring more accomplishments to it.
Samsung and Android Ties
Pichai is popular as one of the most diplomat employees at Google. Everyone loves him for his
humble approach to everything. He is the one who can be credited for having maintained smooth
ties with company partners like Samsung. Android One in India, too, was one of his initiatives.
4. Product Chief and Finally CEO
In October, 2014, he was appointed as the Product Chief by Larry Page. And finally on August
10, 2015 he was named the CEO at Google which makes him the second Indian-origin employee
to head one of the leading tech companies in the world.
Family Background
Pichai’s father worked as an electrical engineer in a British firm, GEC. He credits a major part of
his success to his wife, Anjali Pichai. The couple presently dwells in San Francisco Bay Area
and is blessed with a daughter and a son.
Hobbies and Interests
He has been a keen cricketer and was also the captain his high school cricket team. Under his
captainship the team won at Tamil Nadu regional cricket tournament. He also finds interest in
playing chess.