A man born and bought up in Chennai in early 1970’s is today an Internet Sensation & Role model to many. After Satya Nadella, Indra Nooyi, Ajaypal Singh Banga and few others here is another Indian who has made India & Indians proud.
Sundar Pichai ~ CEO of Google. A man who started off his career working for a Management consulting company has today reached to a height that entire world is watching him with respect. The decision is a part of a Restructuring in Google. Google recently announced the launch of its new Parent Company ALPHABET Inc which trimmed down the way for Sundar Pichai to become the new CEO of Google, replacing Larry Page. Larry Page who has stepped down his position in Google will now Head ALPHABET Inc with Sergey Brin as the President of the Company.
Heartily Congratulations to Mr. Sundar Pichai and his Family for his achievement and leading India as a Proud Nation.
But many of us till now do not actually know who SUNDAR PICHAI is or what did he work as or whom did he work for over the years. Here we bring you 8 things about the newly appointed CEO of Google ~ Sunday Pichai which you must know.
1. Sundar Pichai was born in 1972. His father was an electrical engineer with a British firm called GEC.
2. Pichai was the captain of his high school cricket team, and took the team to win the Tamil Nadu regional cricket tournament.
3. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree from IIT, Kharagpur in Metallurgical Engineering. He holds an M.S. from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
4. Pichai worked in engineering and product management at Applied Materials and in management consulting at McKinsey & Company.
5. He joined Google in 2004, where he led the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google’s client software products.
6. He went on to oversee the development of different apps like Gmail and Google Maps.
7. Pichai added Android to the Google products.
8. He serves as a Member of Board of Advisors at Ruba, Inc.
9.He has also been the director of Jive Software.
10. He was initially appointed Product Chief by then CEO Larry Page on 24 October and finally appointed as CEO of Google on 10 August, 2015
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