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'''Pichai Sundararajan''' (born June 10, 1972<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|title= | '''Pichai Sundararajan''' (born June 10, 1972<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|title=Sundar Pichai: Indian-born Alphabet Executive and Siebel Scholar|url=https://www.leaderbiography.com/sundar-pichai-indian-born-alphabet-executive-and-siebel-scholar/|access-date=27 August 2024|website=LeaderBiography}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=December 4, 2019|title=Factbox: New Alphabet chief started at Google, made name with Android|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-factbox-idUSKBN1Y72PS|access-date=April 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundar Pichai: Latest Sundar Pichai News, Designation, Education, Net worth, Assets|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/panache|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=The Economic Times|language=en}}</ref>), better known as '''Sundar Pichai''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ʊ|n|d|ɑːr|_|p|ɪ|ˈ|tʃ|aɪ}}), is an American business executive.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=I'm An American Citizen But India is Deeply Within Me: Google's Sundar Pichai |url=https://www.india.com/news/india/im-an-american-citizen-but-india-is-deeply-within-me-googles-sundar-pichai-4809464/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=www.india.com |language=en}}</ref> He is the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[Alphabet Inc.]] and its subsidiary [[Google]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sundar Pichai |url=https://blog.google/perspectives/sundar-pichai/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=blog.google |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="britannica" /> | ||
Pichai began his career as a [[materials engineer]]. Following a short stint at the management consulting firm [[McKinsey & Co.]], Pichai joined Google in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundar Pichai {{!}} Biography, Google, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sundar-Pichai|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> 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 (operating system)|Android]] to the list of Google products that he oversaw. | Pichai began his career as a [[materials engineer]]. Following a short stint at the management consulting firm [[McKinsey & Co.]], Pichai joined Google in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundar Pichai {{!}} Biography, Google, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sundar-Pichai|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> 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 (operating system)|Android]] to the list of Google products that he oversaw. | ||