Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai
ABOUT
ME
ABOUT SUNDAR PICHAI
Sundar Pichai is a computer engineer and
the current CEO of Google Inc.
Pichai had joined Google years ago in
2004 as a product manager and led the
innovative efforts for several of Google’s
products including Google Chrome and
Chrome OS which went on to become
highly successful.
Eventually he took over the management
of other Google products like Gmail and
Google Docs, and rose through the ranks
rapidly.
CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE
He was born as Pichai Sundararajan on July 12, 1972, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
His father, Regunatha Pichai, worked as an electrical engineer and managed a factory that
made electrical components. His mother used to be a stenographer before having children.
He has one brother.
Pichai grew up in a middle-class home and was a bright student. He excelled academically at
his school, Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, and earned a seat in the Indian Institute of
Technology in Kharagpur.
He did his B.Tech in from IIT Kharagpur and then won a scholarship to study science and
semiconductor physics from Stanford University from where he eventually earned his M.S.
CAREER
He went on to complete his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania (2002), where he was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar.
He joined Google in 2004. Initially he worked on Google’s search toolbar as a part
of a small team. The toolbar gave users of Internet Explorer and Firefox easy
access to Google search.
The success of Google’s toolbar gave Pichai the idea that Google should develop its
own browser. He discussed his idea with his seniors and faced an objection from
then-CEO Eric Schmidt, who thought that developing a browser would be a too
expensive affair.
In 2008, Pichai was promoted to Vice
President of product development. By 2012,
he had become the Senior Vice President of
Chrome and apps.
• Today, the word “Internet” or “Web” has been replaced by the word
GOOGLE.
GOOGLE INC.
• American MNC.
• 1998.
• Internet related services.
• Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
• Headquarters at Mountain View, California.
• Affordable prices.