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P
ichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972), better known as
Sundar Pichai is an Indian-American business executive. He is
the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its
subsidiary Google.
Born in Madurai, India, Pichai earned his
degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical
engineering. When he moved to the United
States, he attained his M.S. in material
science and engineering from Stanford
University. Further, he attained MBA from
WHARTON SCHOOL of the University of
Pennsylvania, where he was named Siebel
Scholar and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.
Pichai was selected to become the next
CEO of Google on August 10, 2015, after
previously being appointed Product chief by the then-CEO Larry Page,
On October 24, 2015, he stepped into the new positioning after the
formation of Alphabet Inc. the new holding company for the Google
company family. He was appointed to the Alphabet board of directors in
2017.
Pichai was included in Time’s annual list of the 100 most influential
people in 2016 and 2020
Awards
Padma Bhushan