Sundar Pichai, the new CEO of Google
India -born Sundar Pichai has been named the new chief executive of Google, one of the top technology companies in the world.
India -born Sundar Pichai has been named the new chief executive of Google, one of the top technology companies in the world.
Sundar Pichai was born in Chennai on July 12, 1972 and his original name happens to be Pichai Sundarajan.
Sundar Pichai joined Google in 2004 as the head of product management and innovation efforts leading the team working on Google's Chrome browser and operating system.
Pichai launched Chrome browser in 2008 which became the game changer in the browsing world.
Sundar Pichai took charge of Gmail and Google Docs in 2011. The same year he was promoted to Senior Vice President of the company.
After a year in 2013, Pichai was made the head of Android and in 2014, the Google Product Czar. The same year he was named the company's product chief where he brought in services like Google Maps and Google+.
He did his schooling from GRT Mahalakshmi Vanavani School which was in the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai campus. He graduated from IIT Kharagpur as a Metallurgical Engineer and holds a Post Graduation (MS) degree from Stanford University. He also holds an MBA from Whaton School of University of Pennsylvania.