Sundar Pichai
CEO, Google and Alphabet- Pichai Sundararajan, also known as Sundar Pichai, did his schooling from then Madras, now Chennai, and later cracked the IIT-JEE examinations. Sundar's father worked with the British firm General Electric Company and they stayed in a two-room apartment in Chennai's Ashok Nagar
- He joined IIT Kharagpur where he pursued a course in Metallurgy. After his
BTech , he like many others of his generation went off to the United States where he completed a Master's in Science fromStanford , and an MBA from the Wharton School - After completing his MBA, Pichai initially joined
Applied Materials as a Product Manager and then worked as a management consultant with McKinsey - In 2004, he joined Google as vice-president of product management and worked on the Toolbar which was designed to simplify search on Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox
- Toolbar’s success inspired Pichai to launch Google's own browser. In 2008, Google launched Chrome which became a hit with millions across the world in no time
- His stellar performance soon saw Pichai being promoted as the senior vice-president of Google Chrome and Google Apps in 2012
- In 2013, Google promoted him as the head of the company's mobile operating system, Android, and by 2014 he was given charge of Search, Maps and Gmail. With this, the IIT-Kharagpur alumnus became one of the most powerful technology executives in the world
- In a blog post in August 2015, Larry Page announced the launch of Alphabet and Google became a subsidiary of this new company. Pichai was made the CEO of Google. In 11 years he rose the ladder and became the operations chief of the technology behemoth which now consisted of Search, Advertising, Maps, YouTube and Android
- Since he took over, Google's market cap more than doubled to $900 billion
- Pichai’s special interest for India has led Google to tie up with the Indian Railways for high-speed internet at railway stations.
- In December 2019, Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wrote a letter in which they announced that they were stepping down and appointed Sundar Pichai as the CEO of Alphabet in addition to his existing role of Google CEO.
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- Google’s CEO is one of the highest-paid executives in the world. In December 2019, CNBC reported that Pichai will take home $2 million as salary as per Alphabet's filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. It also reported that he will get $120 million in time-bound stock options.
- In 2014, he was one of the candidates in contention for the post of Microsoft CEO, but Google managed to retain him
- In December 2018, Pichai was grilled by the US Congress on the company's privacy approach. In the hearing, he had to explain why searching for 'idiot' on Google threw up pictures of Donald Trump.
- A sports aficionado, he likes cricket and is a big fan of Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
Sundar Pichai News
Bengaluru-based AI engineer and entrepreneur Rohan Paul recently gained rare recognition on X, with Google CEO Sundar Pichai following him. Already followed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Paul shared his excitement online, highlighting the significance of the gesture. The acknowledgement has boosted his visibility in the tech community, reflecting his growing influence through Rohan’s Bytes and his work in AI and technology.
President Trump has expressed strong disapproval of the European Union's hefty $3.46 billion fine imposed on Google due to antitrust issues. In response, Trump threatened to initiate a Section 301 investigation into the EU's trade practices. He vowed to protect American ingenuity and counteract what he perceives as unfair penalties against U.S. companies.
Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, responded to a Bengaluru-based professional's message about his son's injury, sparking widespread social media attention. Ashutosh Shrivastava's son was hospitalized after a serious accident, prompting an outpouring of support. Pichai's simple gesture of acknowledging the boy's recovery was praised as a reminder of his humility and grounded nature.
Google need not sell its Chrome search engine, a US court said in its ruling. However, the tech giant must share data with competitors. This aims to boost competition in online search. Judge Amit Mehta rejected calls to sell Chrome and Android. Sundar Pichai voiced concerns about data sharing. Google plans to appeal the ruling.
Reliance Industries and Google are partnering to establish a dedicated cloud region in Jamnagar, powered by clean energy and Jio's network. This collaboration aims to make AI technology accessible across India, building on Google's previous investment in Jio Platforms. Reliance will also launch Reliance Intelligence, a subsidiary focused on AI infrastructure and services nationwide.
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, says inconsistency is the main reason Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has not yet been achieved. He points to Google’s Gemini, which can solve advanced maths problems at Olympiad level but still makes errors in high school-level questions. He calls this “jagged intelligence”, a phrase echoed by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Hassabis argues progress requires breakthroughs in reasoning, planning and memory, not just scale.
Google on Tuesday unveiled Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, also called the Nano-Banana image generation and editing model available via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio for developers and Vertex AI for enterprise.
Google Pixel 10: Google has launched its Pixel 10 smartphone series along with accessories, including Pixel Watch 4 and updated Pixel Buds. CEO Sundar Pichai stressed that the company isn’t slowing down and highlighted their strong focus on AI. Unveiled at the “Made by Google” event in New York, the launch featured several celebrity appearances and product showcases.
In a blog post, the company said it has doubled the AI credits for Google AI Ultra subscribers, bringing the monthly allocation from 12,500 to 25,000 to allow users to generate more videos on the platform.
At the end of 2018, Google restructured its lobbying operations, moving in-house lobbyists to a subsidiary, Google Client Services LLC. This change excluded executive lobbying time from federal disclosures, reducing reported expenses by millions. Critics say it evades transparency; Google insists it follows the law.
