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Sundar Pichai born in Chennai on July 12, 1972 and his original name happens to be Pichai Sundarajan.
Updated : Mar 20, 2018, 04:06 AM IST
India -born Sundar Pichai has been named the new chief executive of Internet-giant Google. This news came on the back of a new holding company Alphabet, which will host Google and its other businesses as subsidiaries. Co-founder and current CEO of Google, Larry Page announced the inception of Alphabet, Google's new holding company. Larry Page will step down as Google's chief and Pichai will take over his position. Page will take the helm as the new CEO of Alphabet.
Facts about Sundar Pichai:
Sundar Pichai is referred to as Larry Page's right-hand man. While announcing Alphabet, Page's blog post said, "Sundar has been saying things I would have said for quite some time now and I have been tremendously enjoying our work together."
Pichai said, "For me, it matters that we drive technology as an equalisisng force, as an enabler for everyone around the world. Which is why I do want Google to see, push and invest more in making sure computing is more accessible, connectivity is more accessible."
Later during the day, Sundar Pichai took to twitter to thank people for wishing him luck.
@satyanadella thanks for the wishes:)
— sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) August 11, 2015
(With Agency Inputs)