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| name = Sundar Pichai
| image = Sundar Pichai (cropped).jpg
| birth_name = Pichai Sundararajan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|07|12}}
| birth_place = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| citizenship = [[United States]]
| spouse = Anjali Pichai
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]<br />[[Stanford University]]<br />[[University of Pennsylvania]]
| salary = [[US$]]199.7 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-28/alphabet-loves-google-ceo-so-much-he-gets-hundreds-of-millions|title=Google CEO Gets Another Massive Pay Package|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> (2016)
| title = CEO of [[Google]]
| networth = US$1.2 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/08/google-sundar-pichai-shares-highest-paid-ceo|title=Google's Sundar Pichai becomes highest-paid CEO in US|first=Rupert|last=Neate|date=February 8, 2016|publisher=|via=The Guardian}}</ref> (2017)
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'''Pichai Sundararajan''' (born July 12, 1972), also known as '''Sundar Pichai''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ʊ|n|d|ɑr|_|p|ɪ|ˈ|tʃ|aɪ}}), is an [[Indian American]] business executive.
Pichai is the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[Google LLC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Googles-Sundar-Pichai-too-in-race-to-head-Microsoft/articleshow/29732831.cms |title=Google's Sundar Pichai too in race to head Microsoft?|publisher=''Times of India'' |date= February 2, 2014<!-- 01.33 AM IST--> |access-date=February 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name="siliconindia.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Sundar_Pichai_man_who_runs_Chrome_at_Google-nid-83441-cid-3.html |title=Sundar Pichai; man who runs Chrome at Google |publisher=Siliconindia.com |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telangananewspaper.com/alphabet-pichai-sundararajan/ | location=Hyderabad, India | work=TNP LIVE | title=New CEO of Google alphabet Pichai Sundararajan | date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> Formerly the Product Chief of Google, Pichai's current role was announced on August 10, 2015, as part of the restructuring process that made [[Alphabet Inc.]] into Google's [[parent company]],<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|title=G is for Google|work=Official Google Blog}}</ref> and he assumed the position on October 2, 2015.<ref name=8-K>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312515336577/d82837d8k12b.htm|title=SEC Filing (Form 8-K) by Alphabet Inc.|date=October 2, 2015}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Pichai was born in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India In a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] family.<ref name="School days">{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-12/news/65490363_1_sundar-pichai-school-days-google-ceo |title=The rapid climb of Sundar Pichai to technology peak: From school days to Silicon Valley |last1=Vaitheesvaran |first1=Bharani |last2=Elizabeth |first2=Shilpa |date=August 12, 2015 |website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Adith|last=Charlie|title=Google gets new parent Alphabet; Sundar Pichai becomes CEO of Google|url=https://www.vccircle.com/google-gets-new-parent-alphabet-sundar-pichai-becomes-ceo-google/|date=August 11, 2015|publisher=[[VCCircle]]}}</ref> Sundar Pichai's mother Lakshmi was a stenographer and his father, Regunatha Pichai was an electrical engineer at [[General Electric Company|GEC]], the British conglomerate. His father also had a manufacturing plant that produced electrical components.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/A-shy-quiet-boy-who-loved-science/articleshow/48446157.cms|title=A shy, quiet boy who loved science|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|access-date=August 12, 2015|agency=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailyo.in/technology/sundar-pichai-google-android-alphabet-inc-iit-k-stanford-wharton-eric-schmidt/story/1/5589.html | title=Ten things about Sundar Pichai | publisher= dailyo.in | date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> Sundar grew up in a two-room apartment in [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok Nagar]], Chennai.<ref name=":0" />
Sundar completed schooling in Jawahar Vidyalaya, a [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] school in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and completed the Class XII from [[Vanavani Matriculation Higher Secondary School|Vana Vani school]] in the [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/tech-news/sundar-pichai-a-quiet-reserved-boy-in-school/article7526129.ece|title=Sundar Pichai, a quiet boy|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology-topstories/shy-quiet-worker-schoolmates-talk-about-google-ceo-sundar-pichai/article1-1378734.aspx|title=School mates talk about Sundar Pichai|publisher=The Hindu}}<</ref> Pichai earned his degree from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] in [[Metallurgical Engineering]]. He is currently a distinguished alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Chennais-Sundar-Pichai-is-dark-horse/articleshow/29744299.cms|title=Chennai's Sundar Pichai is dark horse|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref> He holds an [[Master of Science|M.S.]] from [[Stanford University]] in Material Sciences and Engineering, and an [[MBA]] from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/the-rise-and-rise-of-sundar-pichai-new-ceo-of-google/article7525421.ece?homepage=true|title=The rise and rise of Sundar Pichai}}</ref> where he was named a [[Siebel Scholars|Siebel Scholar]]<ref>[http://www.siebelscholars.com/scholars/347 Siebel Scholars]. Siebel Scholars. Retrieved on August 23, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Charles |title=Sundar Pichai:Seven prominent Indian-origin people in global IT world |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/seven-prominent-indian-origin-people-in-global-it-world/sundar-pichai/slideshow/24183228.cms |access-date=March 14, 2013 |newspaper=CNET |date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.
== Career ==
[[File:Sundar Pichai - SVP, Android, Chrome and Apps, Google.jpg|thumb|250px|Pichai speaking at the 2015 [[Mobile World Congress]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain]]
Pichai worked in engineering and [[product management]] at [[Applied Materials]] and in [[management consulting]] at [[McKinsey & Company]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Thoppil |first=Dhanya Ann |title=Who Is Google Android's Sundar Pichai? |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/03/14/who-is-google-androids-sundar-pichai/ |accessdate=April 29, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=March 14, 2013}}</ref> 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]]<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Dave |title=Sundar Pichai: Google's new boss from humble roots |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33858436 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> and [[Google Chrome OS|Chrome OS]], as well as being largely responsible for [[Google Drive]]. He went on to oversee the development of different applications such as [[Gmail]] and [[Google Maps]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Charles |title=Meet Google new Android chief Sundar Pichai |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-16/strategy/37766660_1_sundar-pichai-chrome-os-iit-kharagpur |access-date=March 14, 2013 |newspaper=CNET |date=March 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Charles |title=Sundar Pichai: The man Google, Twitter fought for |url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/slide-show-1-tech-sundar-pichai-the-man-google-twitter-fought-for/20130319.htm |access-date=March 14, 2013 |newspaper=CNET |date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration of [[Chrome OS]]; the [[Chromebook]] was released for trial and testing in 2011, and released to the public in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Strohmeyer |first=Robert |date=November 19, 2009 |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/182655/Google_Chrome_OS_Unveiled.html |title=Google Chrome OS Unveiled: Speed, Simplicity, and Security Stressed |publisher=PCWorld |access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref> On May 20, 2010, he announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec [[VP8]] by Google and introduced the new video format, [[WebM]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gigaom.com/video/google-open-sourcing-vp8-as-part-of-webm-project/ |title=Google Open Sourcing VP8 as Part of WebM Project — Online Video News |publisher=Gigaom.com |date=May 19, 2010|accessdate=November 15, 2012}}</ref>
On March 13, 2013, Pichai added [[Android (operating system)|Android]] to the list of Google products that he oversees. Android was formerly managed by [[Andy Rubin]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Olivarez-Giles |first=Nathan |title=Google Replaces Android Boss Andy Rubin With Chrome's Sundar Pichai |url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/andy-rubin-leaving-android/ |accessdate=March 13, 2013 |newspaper=Wired |date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> He was a director of [[Jive Software]] from April 2011 to July 30, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title= Who is Sundar Pichai? |url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/who-is-sundar-pichai-342476 |publisher= NDTV.com |accessdate=February 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jive Elects Informatica Executive Margaret Breya to Board of Directors |url=http://investors.jivesoftware.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=781347|publisher=Jive Software|accessdate=February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite journal |last=Helft |first=Miguel |date=October 27, 2014 |title=The Incredibly Fast Rise of Sundar Pichai |url=http://fortune.com/2014/10/27/google-rise-of-sundar-pichai |journal=Fortune}}</ref> Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015<ref name="auto1" /> after previously being appointed Product Chief by 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.<ref name=8-K /><ref name="auto" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|title=Official Google Blog: G is for Google|work=Official Google Blog}}</ref>
Pichai had been suggested as a contender for [[Microsoft]]'s CEO in 2014, a position that was eventually given to [[Satya Nadella]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Furrier |first=John |title=Google SVP of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai now front runner for Microsoft CEO job|url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/31/breaking-news-google-svp-of-chrome-apps-sundar-pichai-now-front-runner-for-microsoft-ceo-job/ |accessdate=February 3, 2014 |newspaper=SiliconANGLE |date=January 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>Samuel Gibbs, [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/powerful-indians-silicon-valley The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley] theguardian.com April 11, 2014.</ref>
In August 2017, Pichai drew publicity for firing a Google employee who wrote a ten-page [[Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto]] criticizing the company's diversity policies and arguing that "distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and ... these differences may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf|title=Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|access-date=August 8, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/google-women-engineer-fired-memo.html|title=Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech|last=Wakabayashi|first=Daisuke|date=August 7, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 8, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evzjww/here-are-the-citations-for-the-anti-diversity-manifesto-circulating-at-google|title=Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google|website=Motherboard|language=en-us|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damore-fired-anti-diversity-manifesto|title=Google fires employee who wrote anti-diversity memo|last=Statt|first=Nick|date=August 7, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> While noting that the manifesto raised a number of issues that are open to debate, Pichai said in a memo to Google employees that "to suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16111724/google-sundar-pichai-employee-memo-diversity|title=Read Google CEO's email to staff about anti-diversity memo|last=Warren|first=Tom|date=August 8, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref>
In December 2017, Pichai was a speaker at the [[World Internet Conference]] in [[China]], where he stated that "a lot of work Google does is to help Chinese companies. There are many small and medium-sized businesses in China who take advantage of Google to get their products to many other countries outside of China."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/4/16733202/china-apple-google-tim-cook-sundar-pichai-open-internet-surprise-guests|title= Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai were surprise guests at China's internet conference|last=Liao|first=Shannon|date=December 4, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/1145637/2017-world-internet-conference-tim-cook-and-sundar-pichais-surprise-remarks/|title= Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai's surprise remarks at China's "open internet" conference|last=Horwitz|first=Josh|date=December 4, 2017|website=QZ|access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai and has two children.<ref name="siliconindia.com" /> Pichai's interests include [[football]] and [[cricket]]. He is an avid fan of [[FC Barcelona]] and states that "he watches every game of the club".<ref>{{Citation|last=FC Barcelona|title=Google CEO pays visit to FC Barcelona|date=March 2, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewM0cWsLZbk|accessdate=March 3, 2017}}</ref>
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| image = Sundar Pichai (cropped).jpg
| birth_name = Pichai Sundararajan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|07|12}}
| birth_place = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| citizenship = [[United States]]
| spouse = Anjali Pichai
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]<br />[[Stanford University]]<br />[[University of Pennsylvania]]
| salary = [[US$]]199.7 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-28/alphabet-loves-google-ceo-so-much-he-gets-hundreds-of-millions|title=Google CEO Gets Another Massive Pay Package|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> (2016)
| title = CEO of [[Google]]
| networth = US$1.2 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/08/google-sundar-pichai-shares-highest-paid-ceo|title=Google's Sundar Pichai becomes highest-paid CEO in US|first=Rupert|last=Neate|date=February 8, 2016|publisher=|via=The Guardian}}</ref> (2017)
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'''Pichai Sundararajan''' (born July 12, 1972), also known as '''Sundar Pichai''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ʊ|n|d|ɑr|_|p|ɪ|ˈ|tʃ|aɪ}}), is an [[Indian American]] business executive.
Pichai is the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[Google LLC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Googles-Sundar-Pichai-too-in-race-to-head-Microsoft/articleshow/29732831.cms |title=Google's Sundar Pichai too in race to head Microsoft?|publisher=''Times of India'' |date= February 2, 2014<!-- 01.33 AM IST--> |access-date=February 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name="siliconindia.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Sundar_Pichai_man_who_runs_Chrome_at_Google-nid-83441-cid-3.html |title=Sundar Pichai; man who runs Chrome at Google |publisher=Siliconindia.com |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telangananewspaper.com/alphabet-pichai-sundararajan/ | location=Hyderabad, India | work=TNP LIVE | title=New CEO of Google alphabet Pichai Sundararajan | date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> Formerly the Product Chief of Google, Pichai's current role was announced on August 10, 2015, as part of the restructuring process that made [[Alphabet Inc.]] into Google's [[parent company]],<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|title=G is for Google|work=Official Google Blog}}</ref> and he assumed the position on October 2, 2015.<ref name=8-K>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312515336577/d82837d8k12b.htm|title=SEC Filing (Form 8-K) by Alphabet Inc.|date=October 2, 2015}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Pichai was born in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India In a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] family.<ref name="School days">{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-12/news/65490363_1_sundar-pichai-school-days-google-ceo |title=The rapid climb of Sundar Pichai to technology peak: From school days to Silicon Valley |last1=Vaitheesvaran |first1=Bharani |last2=Elizabeth |first2=Shilpa |date=August 12, 2015 |website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Adith|last=Charlie|title=Google gets new parent Alphabet; Sundar Pichai becomes CEO of Google|url=https://www.vccircle.com/google-gets-new-parent-alphabet-sundar-pichai-becomes-ceo-google/|date=August 11, 2015|publisher=[[VCCircle]]}}</ref> Sundar Pichai's mother Lakshmi was a stenographer and his father, Regunatha Pichai was an electrical engineer at [[General Electric Company|GEC]], the British conglomerate. His father also had a manufacturing plant that produced electrical components.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/A-shy-quiet-boy-who-loved-science/articleshow/48446157.cms|title=A shy, quiet boy who loved science|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|access-date=August 12, 2015|agency=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailyo.in/technology/sundar-pichai-google-android-alphabet-inc-iit-k-stanford-wharton-eric-schmidt/story/1/5589.html | title=Ten things about Sundar Pichai | publisher= dailyo.in | date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> Sundar grew up in a two-room apartment in [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai|Ashok Nagar]], Chennai.<ref name=":0" />
Sundar completed schooling in Jawahar Vidyalaya, a [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] school in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and completed the Class XII from [[Vanavani Matriculation Higher Secondary School|Vana Vani school]] in the [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/tech-news/sundar-pichai-a-quiet-reserved-boy-in-school/article7526129.ece|title=Sundar Pichai, a quiet boy|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology-topstories/shy-quiet-worker-schoolmates-talk-about-google-ceo-sundar-pichai/article1-1378734.aspx|title=School mates talk about Sundar Pichai|publisher=The Hindu}}<</ref> Pichai earned his degree from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] in [[Metallurgical Engineering]]. He is currently a distinguished alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Chennais-Sundar-Pichai-is-dark-horse/articleshow/29744299.cms|title=Chennai's Sundar Pichai is dark horse|work=indiatimes.com}}</ref> He holds an [[Master of Science|M.S.]] from [[Stanford University]] in Material Sciences and Engineering, and an [[MBA]] from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/the-rise-and-rise-of-sundar-pichai-new-ceo-of-google/article7525421.ece?homepage=true|title=The rise and rise of Sundar Pichai}}</ref> where he was named a [[Siebel Scholars|Siebel Scholar]]<ref>[http://www.siebelscholars.com/scholars/347 Siebel Scholars]. Siebel Scholars. Retrieved on August 23, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Charles |title=Sundar Pichai:Seven prominent Indian-origin people in global IT world |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/seven-prominent-indian-origin-people-in-global-it-world/sundar-pichai/slideshow/24183228.cms |access-date=March 14, 2013 |newspaper=CNET |date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.
== Career ==
[[File:Sundar Pichai - SVP, Android, Chrome and Apps, Google.jpg|thumb|250px|Pichai speaking at the 2015 [[Mobile World Congress]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain]]
Pichai worked in engineering and [[product management]] at [[Applied Materials]] and in [[management consulting]] at [[McKinsey & Company]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Thoppil |first=Dhanya Ann |title=Who Is Google Android's Sundar Pichai? |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/03/14/who-is-google-androids-sundar-pichai/ |accessdate=April 29, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=March 14, 2013}}</ref> 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]]<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Dave |title=Sundar Pichai: Google's new boss from humble roots |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33858436 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |newspaper=[[BBC]] |date=August 11, 2015}}</ref> and [[Google Chrome OS|Chrome OS]], as well as being largely responsible for [[Google Drive]]. He went on to oversee the development of different applications such as [[Gmail]] and [[Google Maps]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Charles |title=Meet Google new Android chief Sundar Pichai |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-16/strategy/37766660_1_sundar-pichai-chrome-os-iit-kharagpur |access-date=March 14, 2013 |newspaper=CNET |date=March 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Charles |title=Sundar Pichai: The man Google, Twitter fought for |url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/slide-show-1-tech-sundar-pichai-the-man-google-twitter-fought-for/20130319.htm |access-date=March 14, 2013 |newspaper=CNET |date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration of [[Chrome OS]]; the [[Chromebook]] was released for trial and testing in 2011, and released to the public in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Strohmeyer |first=Robert |date=November 19, 2009 |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/182655/Google_Chrome_OS_Unveiled.html |title=Google Chrome OS Unveiled: Speed, Simplicity, and Security Stressed |publisher=PCWorld |access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref> On May 20, 2010, he announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec [[VP8]] by Google and introduced the new video format, [[WebM]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gigaom.com/video/google-open-sourcing-vp8-as-part-of-webm-project/ |title=Google Open Sourcing VP8 as Part of WebM Project — Online Video News |publisher=Gigaom.com |date=May 19, 2010|accessdate=November 15, 2012}}</ref>
On March 13, 2013, Pichai added [[Android (operating system)|Android]] to the list of Google products that he oversees. Android was formerly managed by [[Andy Rubin]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Olivarez-Giles |first=Nathan |title=Google Replaces Android Boss Andy Rubin With Chrome's Sundar Pichai |url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/andy-rubin-leaving-android/ |accessdate=March 13, 2013 |newspaper=Wired |date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> He was a director of [[Jive Software]] from April 2011 to July 30, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title= Who is Sundar Pichai? |url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/who-is-sundar-pichai-342476 |publisher= NDTV.com |accessdate=February 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jive Elects Informatica Executive Margaret Breya to Board of Directors |url=http://investors.jivesoftware.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=781347|publisher=Jive Software|accessdate=February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite journal |last=Helft |first=Miguel |date=October 27, 2014 |title=The Incredibly Fast Rise of Sundar Pichai |url=http://fortune.com/2014/10/27/google-rise-of-sundar-pichai |journal=Fortune}}</ref> Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015<ref name="auto1" /> after previously being appointed Product Chief by 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.<ref name=8-K /><ref name="auto" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|title=Official Google Blog: G is for Google|work=Official Google Blog}}</ref>
Pichai had been suggested as a contender for [[Microsoft]]'s CEO in 2014, a position that was eventually given to [[Satya Nadella]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Furrier |first=John |title=Google SVP of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai now front runner for Microsoft CEO job|url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/31/breaking-news-google-svp-of-chrome-apps-sundar-pichai-now-front-runner-for-microsoft-ceo-job/ |accessdate=February 3, 2014 |newspaper=SiliconANGLE |date=January 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>Samuel Gibbs, [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/powerful-indians-silicon-valley The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley] theguardian.com April 11, 2014.</ref>
In August 2017, Pichai drew publicity for firing a Google employee who wrote a ten-page [[Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|manifesto]] criticizing the company's diversity policies and arguing that "distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and ... these differences may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf|title=Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|access-date=August 8, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/google-women-engineer-fired-memo.html|title=Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech|last=Wakabayashi|first=Daisuke|date=August 7, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 8, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evzjww/here-are-the-citations-for-the-anti-diversity-manifesto-circulating-at-google|title=Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google|website=Motherboard|language=en-us|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damore-fired-anti-diversity-manifesto|title=Google fires employee who wrote anti-diversity memo|last=Statt|first=Nick|date=August 7, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> While noting that the manifesto raised a number of issues that are open to debate, Pichai said in a memo to Google employees that "to suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16111724/google-sundar-pichai-employee-memo-diversity|title=Read Google CEO's email to staff about anti-diversity memo|last=Warren|first=Tom|date=August 8, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref>
In December 2017, Pichai was a speaker at the [[World Internet Conference]] in [[China]], where he stated that "a lot of work Google does is to help Chinese companies. There are many small and medium-sized businesses in China who take advantage of Google to get their products to many other countries outside of China."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/4/16733202/china-apple-google-tim-cook-sundar-pichai-open-internet-surprise-guests|title= Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai were surprise guests at China's internet conference|last=Liao|first=Shannon|date=December 4, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/1145637/2017-world-internet-conference-tim-cook-and-sundar-pichais-surprise-remarks/|title= Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai's surprise remarks at China's "open internet" conference|last=Horwitz|first=Josh|date=December 4, 2017|website=QZ|access-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai and has two children.<ref name="siliconindia.com" /> Pichai's interests include [[football]] and [[cricket]]. He is an avid fan of [[FC Barcelona]] and states that "he watches every game of the club".<ref>{{Citation|last=FC Barcelona|title=Google CEO pays visit to FC Barcelona|date=March 2, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewM0cWsLZbk|accessdate=March 3, 2017}}</ref>
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