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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Image:Thomas Kurian.jpg&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;right|thumb|Thomas Kurian at [[Oracle OpenWorld]] in 2010.]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Infobox person/Wikidata&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;fetchwikidata=ALL}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Kurian&#039;&#039;&#039; is &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the chief &lt;/del&gt;executive officer of [[Google Cloud Platform|Google Cloud]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, which he joined in January &lt;/del&gt;2019&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, and a former senior executive at [[Oracle Corporation]]&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Thomas Kurian&#039;&#039;&#039; is &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;an Indian business executive and [[Chief &lt;/ins&gt;executive officer&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|Chief Executive Officer]] &lt;/ins&gt;of [[Google Cloud Platform|Google Cloud]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;since &lt;/ins&gt;2019.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Early life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Early life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thomas Kurian was born to P.C. Kurian and his wife Molly in 1966 in [[Pampady]] village of [[Kottayam]] district in [[Kerala]], India. Kurian senior was a chemical engineer and the general manager of Graphite India.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;thehindu.com&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/new-oracle-chiefs-kerala-roots/article6775912.ece?homepage=true | title= New Oracle chief’s Kerala roots | date=11 January 2015 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=30 September 2019 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Thomas Kurian was one among four brothers including his identical twin George Kurian, who was in 2015&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title= Leadership Team at NetApp | url=https://www.netapp.com/company/leadership-team/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; made the CEO of [[NetApp]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thomas Kurian was born to P.C. Kurian and his wife Molly in 1966 in [[Pampady]] village of [[Kottayam]] district in [[Kerala]], India. Kurian senior was a chemical engineer and the general manager of Graphite India.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;thehindu.com&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/new-oracle-chiefs-kerala-roots/article6775912.ece?homepage=true | title= New Oracle chief’s Kerala roots | date=11 January 2015 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=30 September 2019 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Thomas Kurian was one among four brothers including his identical twin &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;George Kurian&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, who was in 2015&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title= Leadership Team at NetApp | url=https://www.netapp.com/company/leadership-team/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; made the CEO of [[NetApp]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As their father&amp;#039;s career involved moving around India, the twins boarded at the Jesuit-run St Joseph&amp;#039;s Boys High School in [[Bengaluru]]. Both were accepted to the prestigious [[IIT Madras]]. There they both took [[SAT]] tests and sent the results to various colleges, including [[Princeton University]], which offered both of them partial scholarship places.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/07/george_kurian_reviving_netapps_zing/|title=Three years in: Can Kurian heal sickly NetApp&amp;#039;s woes?|first=Chris Mellor 7 Jul 2016|last=at 09:38|website=www.theregister.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At the age of 17, along with George Kurian,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://data-economy.com/new-world-pioneers-george-kurian-lays-out-future-vision-of-humankind-built-on-social-consciousness/|title=New World Pioneers. George Kurian lays out future vision of humankind built on social consciousness|date=July 18, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; he moved to the United States. Kurian graduated from Princeton with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering, from which he graduated [[summa cum laude]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As their father&amp;#039;s career involved moving around India, the twins boarded at the Jesuit-run St Joseph&amp;#039;s Boys High School in [[Bengaluru]]. Both were accepted to the prestigious [[IIT Madras]]. There they both took [[SAT]] tests and sent the results to various colleges, including [[Princeton University]], which offered both of them partial scholarship places.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/07/george_kurian_reviving_netapps_zing/|title=Three years in: Can Kurian heal sickly NetApp&amp;#039;s woes?|first=Chris Mellor 7 Jul 2016|last=at 09:38|website=www.theregister.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At the age of 17, along with George Kurian,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://data-economy.com/new-world-pioneers-george-kurian-lays-out-future-vision-of-humankind-built-on-social-consciousness/|title=New World Pioneers. George Kurian lays out future vision of humankind built on social consciousness|date=July 18, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; he moved to the United States. Kurian graduated from Princeton with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering, from which he graduated [[summa cum laude]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After Princeton, Kurian started his career with [[McKinsey &amp;amp; Company]] as a consultant serving clients in the software, telecommunications, and financial services industries for 6 years in London and Brussels.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;oracle&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/alumni/contact/alumni-association/about-alumni/thomas-kurian|title=Thomas Kurian|website=Stanford Graduate School of Business}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also pursued an [[MBA]] from [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]]. He was an Arjay Miller Scholar.{{clarify|date=May 2020}}{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After Princeton, Kurian started his career with [[McKinsey &amp;amp; Company]] as a consultant serving clients in the software, telecommunications, and financial services industries for 6 years in London and Brussels.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;oracle&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/alumni/contact/alumni-association/about-alumni/thomas-kurian|title=Thomas Kurian|website=Stanford Graduate School of Business}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also pursued an [[MBA]] from [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]]. He was an Arjay Miller Scholar.{{clarify|date=May 2020}}{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;At the time, George was working for Oracle. In 1996, the brothers switched companies when George was hired by McKinsey, and Thomas, by Oracle &amp;lt;ref name=&quot;auto&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/why-google-clouds-new-ceo-thomas-kurian-quit-oracle-after-22-years/articleshow/66859490.cms&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;amp;utm_medium=text&amp;amp;utm_campaign=cppst&lt;/del&gt;|title=Why Google Cloud&#039;s new CEO Thomas Kurian quit Oracle after 22 years|first=Neha|last=Shende|date=November 29, 2018|via=The Economic Times}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;At the time, George was working for Oracle. In 1996, the brothers switched companies when George was hired by McKinsey, and Thomas, by Oracle &amp;lt;ref name=&quot;auto&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/why-google-clouds-new-ceo-thomas-kurian-quit-oracle-after-22-years/articleshow/66859490.cms|title=Why Google Cloud&#039;s new CEO Thomas Kurian quit Oracle after 22 years|first=Neha|last=Shende|date=November 29, 2018|via=The Economic Times}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Later, Kurian served as a Senior Vice President of Oracle&amp;#039;s Server Technologies Division responsible for the development and delivery of [[Oracle Application Server]]s. He played a key role in bringing Oracle 9i application server to market.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bare_url&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2007/sessions/general/bios.jsp |title=2007 JavaOne Conference -General Session Speakers |publisher=Java.sun.com |date=2007-05-08 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Application server software became Oracle&amp;#039;s fastest-growing business primarily because of his efforts.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bare_url_a&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/news/can-app-servers-revive-oracle/297776|title=Can app servers revive Oracle? |work=CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2002-05-22|accessdate=2014-08-08}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Kurian served as a member of Oracle’s Executive Committee for 13 years. He led 35,000-people software development team in 32 countries with an R&amp;amp;D budget of $4 billion. He also helped in the transformation of Oracle’s products with the introduction of leading suite of Cloud Services, led 60 software acquisitions and Oracle’s 45 Cloud data centres.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/who-is-thomas-kurian-former-oracle-executive-set-to-take-charge-at-google-cloud/1384839/|title=Indian American Thomas Kurian is the new CEO of Google Cloud: Here’s what you need to know about him|date=November 17, 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Later, Kurian served as a Senior Vice President of Oracle&amp;#039;s Server Technologies Division responsible for the development and delivery of [[Oracle Application Server]]s. He played a key role in bringing Oracle 9i application server to market.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bare_url&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2007/sessions/general/bios.jsp |title=2007 JavaOne Conference -General Session Speakers |publisher=Java.sun.com |date=2007-05-08 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Application server software became Oracle&amp;#039;s fastest-growing business primarily because of his efforts.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bare_url_a&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/news/can-app-servers-revive-oracle/297776|title=Can app servers revive Oracle? |work=CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2002-05-22|accessdate=2014-08-08}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Kurian served as a member of Oracle’s Executive Committee for 13 years. He led 35,000-people software development team in 32 countries with an R&amp;amp;D budget of $4 billion. He also helped in the transformation of Oracle’s products with the introduction of leading suite of Cloud Services, led 60 software acquisitions and Oracle’s 45 Cloud data centres.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/who-is-thomas-kurian-former-oracle-executive-set-to-take-charge-at-google-cloud/1384839/|title=Indian American Thomas Kurian is the new CEO of Google Cloud: Here’s what you need to know about him|date=November 17, 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As the President of Product Development, he oversaw Oracle&#039;s 3,000-odd product development efforts. He was responsible for development and delivery of Oracle’s software product portfolio including [[Oracle Database]], [[Oracle Fusion Middleware]], and [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], and [[supply chain management]] applications.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;oracle&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/Executives/016380.htm |title=Thomas Kurian - Executive Biography |publisher=Oracle.com |date=2010-09-07 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;bare_url&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1345961&amp;amp;ticker=ORCL:US |title=Thomas Kurian: Executive Profile &amp;amp; Biography - Businessweek |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/kurian-thomas/145799 |title=Kurian Thomas profile |publisher=People.forbes.com |date=2009-08-21 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=E. Abraham Mathew and Srinivas R |url=http://www.ciol.com/News/Interviews/For-Oracle,-every-revolution-is-an-evolution/150007/0/ |title=For Oracle every revolution is an evolution |work=CIOL Interviews |publisher=Ciol.com |date=2011-05-16 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/168477/oracles_software_development_reins_in_new_hands.html |title=Oracle&#039;s Software Development Reins in New Hands |work=PCWorld Business Center |publisher=Pcworld.com |date=2009-07-15 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;As the President of Product Development, he oversaw Oracle&#039;s 3,000-odd product development efforts. He was responsible for development and delivery of Oracle’s software product portfolio including [[Oracle Database]], [[Oracle Fusion Middleware]], and [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], and [[supply chain management]] applications.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;oracle&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/Executives/016380.htm |title=Thomas Kurian - Executive Biography |publisher=Oracle.com |date=2010-09-07 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;bare_url&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1345961&amp;amp;ticker=ORCL:US |title=Thomas Kurian: Executive Profile &amp;amp; Biography - Businessweek |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/kurian-thomas/145799 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-url=http://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120210015041/http://people.forbes.com/profile/kurian%2Dthomas/145799 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2012 &lt;/ins&gt;|title=Kurian Thomas profile |publisher=People.forbes.com |date=2009-08-21 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=E. Abraham Mathew and Srinivas R |url=http://www.ciol.com/News/Interviews/For-Oracle,-every-revolution-is-an-evolution/150007/0/ |title=For Oracle every revolution is an evolution |work=CIOL Interviews |publisher=Ciol.com |date=2011-05-16 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/168477/oracles_software_development_reins_in_new_hands.html |title=Oracle&#039;s Software Development Reins in New Hands |work=PCWorld Business Center |publisher=Pcworld.com |date=2009-07-15 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thomas Kurian was the 18th highest-paid man in the US in 2010, according to [[CNN]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/fortune/1109/gallery.highest_paid_men.fortune/18.html |title=25 highest-paid men - Thomas Kurian (18) |work=FORTUNE |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=2011-09-29 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was also the 5th highest-paid tech executive in 2010.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Horn |first=Leslie |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396194,00.asp |title=Oracle Execs, Apple&amp;#039;s Tim Cook Among Highest-Paid in Tech |publisher=PCMag.com |date=2011-11-10 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thomas Kurian was the 18th highest-paid man in the US in 2010, according to [[CNN]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/fortune/1109/gallery.highest_paid_men.fortune/18.html |title=25 highest-paid men - Thomas Kurian (18) |work=FORTUNE |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=2011-09-29 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was also the 5th highest-paid tech executive in 2010.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Horn |first=Leslie |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396194,00.asp |title=Oracle Execs, Apple&amp;#039;s Tim Cook Among Highest-Paid in Tech |publisher=PCMag.com |date=2011-11-10 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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[[Image:Thomas Kurian.jpg|right|thumb|Thomas Kurian at [[Oracle OpenWorld]] in 2010.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thomas Kurian&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the chief executive officer of [[Google Cloud Platform|Google Cloud]], which he joined in January 2019, and a former senior executive at [[Oracle Corporation]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas Kurian was born to P.C. Kurian and his wife Molly in 1966 in [[Pampady]] village of [[Kottayam]] district in [[Kerala]], India. Kurian senior was a chemical engineer and the general manager of Graphite India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;thehindu.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/new-oracle-chiefs-kerala-roots/article6775912.ece?homepage=true | title= New Oracle chief’s Kerala roots | date=11 January 2015 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=30 September 2019 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Thomas Kurian was one among four brothers including his identical twin George Kurian, who was in 2015&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | title= Leadership Team at NetApp | url=https://www.netapp.com/company/leadership-team/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; made the CEO of [[NetApp]].&lt;br /&gt;
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As their father&amp;#039;s career involved moving around India, the twins boarded at the Jesuit-run St Joseph&amp;#039;s Boys High School in [[Bengaluru]]. Both were accepted to the prestigious [[IIT Madras]]. There they both took [[SAT]] tests and sent the results to various colleges, including [[Princeton University]], which offered both of them partial scholarship places.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/07/george_kurian_reviving_netapps_zing/|title=Three years in: Can Kurian heal sickly NetApp&amp;#039;s woes?|first=Chris Mellor 7 Jul 2016|last=at 09:38|website=www.theregister.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At the age of 17, along with George Kurian,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://data-economy.com/new-world-pioneers-george-kurian-lays-out-future-vision-of-humankind-built-on-social-consciousness/|title=New World Pioneers. George Kurian lays out future vision of humankind built on social consciousness|date=July 18, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; he moved to the United States. Kurian graduated from Princeton with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering, from which he graduated [[summa cum laude]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==McKinsey and Stanford==&lt;br /&gt;
After Princeton, Kurian started his career with [[McKinsey &amp;amp; Company]] as a consultant serving clients in the software, telecommunications, and financial services industries for 6 years in London and Brussels.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;oracle&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/alumni/contact/alumni-association/about-alumni/thomas-kurian|title=Thomas Kurian|website=Stanford Graduate School of Business}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also pursued an [[MBA]] from [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]]. He was an Arjay Miller Scholar.{{clarify|date=May 2020}}{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}&lt;br /&gt;
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At the time, George was working for Oracle. In 1996, the brothers switched companies when George was hired by McKinsey, and Thomas, by Oracle &amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/why-google-clouds-new-ceo-thomas-kurian-quit-oracle-after-22-years/articleshow/66859490.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;amp;utm_medium=text&amp;amp;utm_campaign=cppst|title=Why Google Cloud&amp;#039;s new CEO Thomas Kurian quit Oracle after 22 years|first=Neha|last=Shende|date=November 29, 2018|via=The Economic Times}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Oracle==&lt;br /&gt;
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Kurian joined Oracle in 1996, initially holding various product management and development positions. His first executive role was as Vice President of Oracle&amp;#039;s e-Business division. In this role, he drove a number of company-wide initiatives focused on transforming Oracle into an e-Business.&lt;br /&gt;
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Next Kurian took responsibility for the Oracle Fusion Middleware product family. Under his leadership, that business became the company&amp;#039;s fastest-growing business and the industry’s leading middleware product suite.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;oracle&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite press release|url=http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/Oracle-Fusion-Middleware-Wins-Two-InfoWorld-Technology-of-the-Year-Awards-811621|title=Oracle Fusion Middleware Wins Two InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards|publisher=News.thomasnet.com |date=2008-01-15 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/oracle/article160/article160.html|title=Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Systematic Application Integration Projects|publisher=Gartner.com |date=2010-10-18 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/oracle/article163/article163.html|title=Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Systematic SOA-Style Application Projects|publisher=Gartner.com |date=2010-10-21 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/oracle/article162/article162.html|title=Magic Quadrant for Shared SOA Interoperability Infrastructure Projects |publisher=Gartner.com|date=2010-10-21 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, Kurian served as a Senior Vice President of Oracle&amp;#039;s Server Technologies Division responsible for the development and delivery of [[Oracle Application Server]]s. He played a key role in bringing Oracle 9i application server to market.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bare_url&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2007/sessions/general/bios.jsp |title=2007 JavaOne Conference -General Session Speakers |publisher=Java.sun.com |date=2007-05-08 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Application server software became Oracle&amp;#039;s fastest-growing business primarily because of his efforts.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bare_url_a&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/news/can-app-servers-revive-oracle/297776|title=Can app servers revive Oracle? |work=CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2002-05-22|accessdate=2014-08-08}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Kurian served as a member of Oracle’s Executive Committee for 13 years. He led 35,000-people software development team in 32 countries with an R&amp;amp;D budget of $4 billion. He also helped in the transformation of Oracle’s products with the introduction of leading suite of Cloud Services, led 60 software acquisitions and Oracle’s 45 Cloud data centres.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/who-is-thomas-kurian-former-oracle-executive-set-to-take-charge-at-google-cloud/1384839/|title=Indian American Thomas Kurian is the new CEO of Google Cloud: Here’s what you need to know about him|date=November 17, 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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As the President of Product Development, he oversaw Oracle&amp;#039;s 3,000-odd product development efforts. He was responsible for development and delivery of Oracle’s software product portfolio including [[Oracle Database]], [[Oracle Fusion Middleware]], and [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]], [[Customer relationship management|CRM]], and [[supply chain management]] applications.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;oracle&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/Executives/016380.htm |title=Thomas Kurian - Executive Biography |publisher=Oracle.com |date=2010-09-07 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bare_url&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1345961&amp;amp;ticker=ORCL:US |title=Thomas Kurian: Executive Profile &amp;amp; Biography - Businessweek |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/kurian-thomas/145799 |title=Kurian Thomas profile |publisher=People.forbes.com |date=2009-08-21 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=E. Abraham Mathew and Srinivas R |url=http://www.ciol.com/News/Interviews/For-Oracle,-every-revolution-is-an-evolution/150007/0/ |title=For Oracle every revolution is an evolution |work=CIOL Interviews |publisher=Ciol.com |date=2011-05-16 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/168477/oracles_software_development_reins_in_new_hands.html |title=Oracle&amp;#039;s Software Development Reins in New Hands |work=PCWorld Business Center |publisher=Pcworld.com |date=2009-07-15 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Thomas Kurian was the 18th highest-paid man in the US in 2010, according to [[CNN]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/fortune/1109/gallery.highest_paid_men.fortune/18.html |title=25 highest-paid men - Thomas Kurian (18) |work=FORTUNE |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=2011-09-29 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was also the 5th highest-paid tech executive in 2010.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Horn |first=Leslie |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396194,00.asp |title=Oracle Execs, Apple&amp;#039;s Tim Cook Among Highest-Paid in Tech |publisher=PCMag.com |date=2011-11-10 |accessdate=2012-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 6, 2018, Kurian announced he was taking extended time off from the company.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news&lt;br /&gt;
| author = Jay Greene&lt;br /&gt;
| title = Top Oracle Software Executive to Take Extended Leave&lt;br /&gt;
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| newspaper = The Wall Street Journal&lt;br /&gt;
| date = 2018-09-06&lt;br /&gt;
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| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-oracle-software-executive-to-take-extended-leave-1536266283&lt;br /&gt;
| accessdate = 2018-09-08&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Kurian and [[Larry Ellison]] reportedly had a falling out over the direction of its cloud business.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 28, 2018 he resigned as president of product development at Oracle.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/28/oracle-says-kurian-has-resigned-three-weeks-after-taking-time-off.html|title=Oracle says Kurian has resigned as president three weeks after he left to take time off|first=Ari|last=Levy|date=September 28, 2018|website=CNBC}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Google ==&lt;br /&gt;
Kurian joined [[Google]]&amp;#039;s Cloud organization in November 2018. During his first year at Google, Kurian focused on selling G Suite applications to enterprise clients. He has reorganized the sales team to align with Sales practices of enterprise clients.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2020/02/19/thomas-kurian-on-his-first-year-as-google-cloud-ceo/|title=Thomas Kurian on his first year as Google Cloud CEO}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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