Biography of Sundar Pichai

Born on July 12, 1972 in Madurai, Sundar Pichai hails from a middle-class Tamil family.

His father Regunatha Pichai, worked as an electrical engineer for GEC and managed a factory that made electrical components. His mother used to be a stenographer before having Pichai and his younger brother.

Early Life

His family realised his skill to memorize a lot of things very early on. As a child Pichai would surprise everyone by remembering many phone numbers. He excelled in studies at his school Jawahar Vidyalaya in Chennai and earned a seat at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, where he did his B.Tech in metallurgical engineering.

During the course he won a scholarship to study materials science and semiconductor physics from Stanford University from where he went on to complete his M.S.
Sundar Pichai also met his wife Anjali Pichai at IIT. The couple has two children and currently live in Bay Area San Francisco.
After M.S he had planned to pursue a Ph.D. from Stanford. However, he dropped out and joined Applied Materials as an engineer and product manager. He eventually quit and pursued MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.

The Google Journey Begins

Pichai joined Google as the President of product management in 2004. He was entrusted initially with Google Search toolbar which gave users of Internet Explorer and Firefox easy access to Google search. He also went on to work on many other important products like Google Gears, Gadgets, Google Pack, all of which are no longer available
“The thing that attracted me to Google and to internet, in general, is that it’s a great equalizer. I’ve always been struck by the fact that Google search worked the same as long as you had access to a computer with connectivity, whether you were a rural kid anywhere or a professor at Stanford or Harvard. I want Google to strive to do that — not just build technology for certain segments. For me, it matters that we drive technology as an equalizing force, as an enabler for everyone around the world,” said Pichai.

Major success

Sundar Pichai convinced the co-founders of Google, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page to launch Google’s browser. Sundar played an important role in the final launching of Google Chrome, in 2008. Eventually, Chrome became the No. 1 browser in the world, surpassing competitors such as Firefox and Internet Explorer.       
God help those who help themselves, and the launch of Google Chrome brings phenomenal success to the Sundar Pichai.
Sundar Pichai became an internationally famous figure following the thrilling success of the Google Chrome.
Finally after the gap of 11 years, since he joined Google; he was selected as the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015.
The Alphabet Inc. was formed in 2015 as a Google’s parent company. Sundar Pichai was awarded 273,328 shares of Google's holding company Alphabet in Feb.2016. Finally, on December 3, 2019, he became the CEO of Alphabet Inc.
So, in conclusion, it can be said that Sundar Pichai is a great inventor and a complete corporate guy. As an Indian, we are proud on Sundar Pichai.