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Biography of Sundar Pichai
Biography of Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai is a computer engineer and the current CEO of Google Inc. The technology giant
Google, which specializes in Internet-related services and products, underwent a major corporate
restructuring in 2015 following which Alphabet Inc was launched as its parent company with co-
founders Larry Page as its CEO and Sergey Brin as President. Pichai, who had been serving as
Google’s head of Products and Engineering, was named the new CEO of Google which is the
biggest company under Alphabet Inc. Pichai had joined Google years ago in 2004 as a product
manager and led the innovative efforts for several of Google’s products including Google
Chrome and Chrome OS which went on to become highly successful. Eventually he took over
the management of other Google products like Gmail and Google Docs, and rose through the
ranks rapidly. Born in Chennai, India, Pichai was bright and creative from a young age. Having
received his education from some of the most prestigious institutions in the world, he worked in
engineering and product management at Applied Materials and in management consulting at
McKinsey & Company before becoming a part of Google. Pichai is well-liked by his colleagues
and is dubbed as the “man behind Google’s most important products
Childhood & Early Life
He was born as Pichai Sundararajan on July 12, 1972, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His
father, Regunatha Pichai, worked as an electrical engineer for the British conglomerate
GEC and managed a factory that made electrical components. His mother used to be a
stenographer before having children. He has one brother.
Pichai grew up in a middle-class home and was a bright student. He excelled
academically at his school, Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, and earned a seat in the Indian
Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, one of the most prestigious engineering institutions
in India.
He did his B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and then
Pichai: The Future of Google
An incisive look into the world's most innovative tech company and the man chosen to lead it. On 10 August 2015, an unassuming product expert who learnt his ropes at IIT Kharagpur was declared the next CEO of tech giant Google. Sundar Pichai's appointment was hardly an unexpected one. Pichai is a man known as much for his veritable Midas touch with every product he has developed or led for Google - Chrome, Chrome OS and Android, to name just a few - as for his superlative people skills and open-minded approach to innovation. Yet, the company's decision to restructure its product lines and appoint Pichai as the head of a leaner, more focused Google, has raised inevitable questions: * What does Pichai's role augur for the future of the tech giant? * Will Google consolidate its position for existing products or will they focus on creating new ones? * And will Pichai transform the organization that Schmidt, Page and Brin created and led, or confirm the belief of a minority of naysayers that he is not yet ready for this daunting role? Pichai: The Future of Google provides answers to these questions while throwing light on Sundar Pichai's childhood and education; his entry into the tech world and quick rise up the ranks in Google; and his key contributions as a leader and tech-guru to Google's most successful properties. Timely and insightful, this book offers a rare glimpse into the fascinating ecosystem of a path-breaking company and shows us what it takes to be a dynamic leader in the 21st century.
Pichai: The Future of Google
Unfortunately, This book does little to discuss the other side of the coin to Pichai's life. Though it may be unfair to expect so much in a terse review, In few instances, mentions of critiques aimed at Pichai about being an elitist have been rebuffed by the author with sufficient backing. Undeniably, his admiration for Pichai is overwhelming throughout the book which makes you rethink if there is any the flip side about Pichai. Another case in point is the briefly pointed out timed-and-high-profile exits within Google due to Pichai's acceleration on the growth ladder.
Overall, the book has interesting notes pertaining to Pichai's career, childhood, college days, ambitions, technical enthusiasm, vision, people management, relationship at work, and business challenges. All this in a nutshell. So why not take a moment to glimpse into Sundar Pichai's life? Only disappointment for me is the more than required focus on Nadella in the latter part of this book. Probably, the fact that the author has written a prior book on Nadella has influenced his content besides the justified need to raise competitors into the scene when penning about technological giants.
Sundar Pichai
American business executive (born 1972)
Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972), better known as Sundar Pichai, is an American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google.
Pichai began his career as a materials engineer. Following a short stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004, where he led the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google's client software products, including Google Chrome and ChromeOS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive. In addition, he went on to oversee the development of other applications such as Gmail and Google Maps. In 2010, Pichai also announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google and introduced the new video format, WebM. The Chromebook was released in 2012. In 2013, Pichai added Android to the list of Google products that he oversaw.
Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015, after previously being appointed chief product officer by then CEO Larry Page. On October 24, 2015, he stepped into the new position at the completion of 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.
Early life and education
Pichai was born on June 10, 1972 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, to a HinduTamil Brahmin family. His mother, Lakshmi, was a stenographer, and his father, Regunatha Pichai, was an electrical engineer at GEC, the British conglomerate.
Pichai completed schooling in Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and completed the Class XII from Vana Vani school at IIT Madras.[1