Sundar Pichai

CEO, Google & Alphabet

Sundar Pichai began in materials engineering and management consulting before joining Google.

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Sundar Pichai began in materials engineering and management consulting before joining Google. He helped lead Chrome and other major products, then became Google CEO in 2015 and Alphabet CEO in 2019. His leadership now spans search, cloud services and AI products.

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Search; cloud services; AI

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  1. Introduces Gemini

    Google presents its multimodal model family under Pichai’s leadership.

    Source: Google
  2. Becomes Alphabet CEO

    Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce that he will lead both Alphabet and Google.

    Source: Alphabet
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More than 10 years ago.

  1. Becomes Google CEO

    He takes the chief executive role as Alphabet is created.

    Source: Wikipedia
  2. Adds Android to his responsibilities

    Pichai expands his product leadership beyond Chrome.

    Source: Wikipedia
  3. Helps launch Chrome

    The browser becomes a major part of Google’s software platform.

    Source: Wikipedia
  4. Joins Google

    He begins leading product work after roles in engineering and consulting.

    Source: Wikipedia

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