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Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai
	Pichai in 2023
Born	Pichai Sundararajan; June 10, 1972 (age 54)<ref>"I'm An American Citizen But India is Deeply Within Me: Google's Sundar Pichai". India.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.</ref>; Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Citizenship	United States
Education	IIT Kharagpur (BTech)<br />Stanford University (MS)<br />University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Occupation	Businessman
Title	CEO of Alphabet and Google
Board member of	Alphabet Inc.<ref>"Company Overview of Alphabet Inc". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.</ref>; Magic Leap (2014–2018)<ref>"Magic Leap tried to create an alternate reality. Its founder was already in one". Fortune. September 26, 2020. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.</ref>;
Spouse(s)	Anjali Pichai
Children	2
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2022)
	Sundar Pichai's voice Pichai on being chief executive officer of Google<br/>Recorded December 11, 2018
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Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972), better known as Sundar Pichai (pronounced: /ˈsʊndɜːr pɪˈtʃeɪ/), is an Indian–American business executive who has been the CEO of Google since 2015 and the CEO of its parent company Alphabet Inc. since 2019.<ref name="britt" />

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 name="britt">"Sundar Pichai". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.</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.

As of February 2026, his net worth is estimated at US$1.6 billion.<ref>"Sundar Pichai". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 6, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.</ref>

Early life and education

Pichai was born on June 10, 1972<ref name="britannica">"Happy Birthday Sundar Pichai: Here are 5 videos of Google's CEO that reveal his other side". The New Indian Express. June 10, 2020. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.</ref><ref>"Factbox: New Alphabet chief started at Google, made name with Android". Reuters. December 4, 2019. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2021.</ref><ref>"Sundar Pichai: Latest Sundar Pichai News, Designation, Education, Net worth, Assets". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.</ref> in Madurai, Tamil Nadu,<ref>Vaitheesvaran, Bharani; Elizabeth, Shilpa (August 12, 2015). "The rapid climb of Sundar Pichai to technology peak: From school days to Silicon Valley". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2016.</ref><ref name="britt"/><ref>Charlie, Adith (August 11, 2015). "Google gets new parent Alphabet; Sundar Pichai becomes CEO of Google". VCCircle. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.</ref> to a Tamil Hindu family. His mother, Lakshmi, was a stenographer, and his father, Regunatha Pichai, was an electrical engineer at GEC, the British conglomerate.<ref>"A shy, quiet boy who loved science". Mumbai Mirror. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.</ref><ref>"Ten things about Sundar Pichai". dailyo.in. August 11, 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.</ref>

Pichai completed schooling in Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School<ref>"From Chennai to California: Google CEO Sundar Pichai's back breaking efforts towards success". India Today. December 20, 2016. Archived from the original on September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.</ref> in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and completed the Class XII from Vana Vani school at IIT Madras.<ref>"Sundar Pichai, a quiet boy". The Hindu.</ref><ref>"School mates talk about Sundar Pichai". The Hindu. Archived from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.</ref> He earned a B.Tech in metallurgical engineering from IIT Kharagpur.<ref>"Chennai's Sundar Pichai is dark horse". The Times of India. February 2, 2014. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2014.</ref> He holds an MS from Stanford University in materials science and engineering and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,<ref>Lakshman, Narayan (August 11, 2015). "The rise and rise of Sundar Pichai". The Hindu. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2015.</ref> where he was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.<ref name="britannica" /><ref>Siebel Scholars Archived March 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Siebel Scholars. Retrieved August 23, 2013.</ref><ref>Cooper, Charles (March 13, 2013). "Sundar Pichai:Seven prominent Indian-origin people in global IT world". CNET. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.</ref>

Career

Pichai speaking at the 2015 Mobile World Congress

Pichai worked in engineering and product management at Applied Materials and in management consulting at McKinsey & Company.<ref>Thoppil, Dhanya Ann (March 14, 2013). "Who Is Google Android's Sundar Pichai?". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.</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>Lee, Dave (August 11, 2015). "Sundar Pichai: Google's new boss from humble roots". BBC. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.</ref> and ChromeOS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive. He went on to oversee the development of other applications such as Gmail and Google Maps.<ref>Cooper, Charles (March 13, 2013). "Meet Google new Android chief Sundar Pichai". The Times of India. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.</ref><ref>Cooper, Charles (March 13, 2013). "Sundar Pichai: The man Google, Twitter fought for". CNET. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.</ref> On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration of ChromeOS; the Chromebook was released for trial and testing in 2011, and released to the public in 2012.<ref>Strohmeyer, Robert (November 19, 2009). "Google Chrome OS Unveiled: Speed, Simplicity, and Security Stressed". PC World. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved 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>"Google Open Sourcing VP8 as Part of WebM Project — Online Video News". Gigaom.com. May 19, 2010. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.</ref> Pichai served on Jive Software's board of directors from April 2011 to July 2013.<ref>"Who is Sundar Pichai?". NDTV.com. March 14, 2013. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.</ref><ref>"Jive Elects Informatica Executive Margaret Breya to Board of Directors". Jive Software. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.</ref><ref name="Helft">Helft, Miguel (October 27, 2014). "The Incredibly Fast Rise of Sundar Pichai". Fortune. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.</ref>

On March 13, 2013, Pichai added Android to the list of Google products that he oversaw. Android was formerly managed by Andy Rubin.<ref>Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (March 13, 2013). "Google Replaces Android Boss Andy Rubin With Chrome's Sundar Pichai". Wired. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2013.</ref> Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015,<ref name="g-google">"G is for Google". Official Google Blog. August 10, 2015. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.</ref> 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>"SEC Filing (Form 8-K) by Alphabet Inc". October 2, 2015. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.</ref><ref name="Helft" /><ref name="g-google"/>

Pichai had been suggested as a contender for Microsoft's CEO in 2014, a position that was eventually given to Satya Nadella.<ref>Furrier, John (January 31, 2014). "Google SVP of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai now front runner for Microsoft CEO job". SiliconANGLE. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.</ref><ref>Gibbs, Samuel (April 11, 2014). "The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley". The Guardian. Retrieved February 17, 2026.</ref> In August 2017, Pichai drew publicity for firing a Google employee who wrote a ten-page manifesto criticizing the company's pro-diversity policies.<ref>"Google's Ideological Echo Chamber" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Wakabayashi, Daisuke (August 7, 2017). "Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref><ref>"Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google". Motherboard. August 7, 2017. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Statt, Nick (August 7, 2017). "Google fires employee who wrote anti-diversity memo". The Verge. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Warren, Tom (August 8, 2017). "Read Google CEO's email to staff about anti-diversity memo". The Verge. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref>

Pichai was appointed to the Alphabet Board of Directors in 2017.<ref>Helft, Miguel (July 24, 2017). "Google CEO Sundar Pichai Appointed To Alphabet Board Of Directors". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.</ref>

On December 11, 2018, Sundar Pichai was questioned by the United States House Judiciary Committee on a range of Google-related issues such as possible political bias on Google's platforms, the company's alleged plans for a "censored search app" in China, and its privacy practices.<ref>D'Onfro, Jillian (December 11, 2018). "Google's Sundar Pichai was grilled on privacy, data collection, and China during congressional hearing". CNBC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.</ref> In response, Pichai told the committee that Google employees cannot influence search results. He also stated that Google users can opt out of having their data collected and that "there are no current plans for a censored search engine" in China.<ref>Abril, Danielle (December 11, 2018). "Lawmakers Grill Google CEO Sundar Pichai. But He Emerges Merely Singed". Fortune. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.</ref>

In December 2019, Pichai became the CEO of Alphabet Inc.<ref>"A letter from Larry and Sergey". Google. December 3, 2019. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Feiner, Lauren (December 3, 2019). "Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai to take over". CNBC. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2019.</ref> His compensation from the company topped $200 million in 2022,<ref>"Alphabet CEO's Pay Soars to $226 Million on Huge Stock Award (1)". news.bloomberglaw.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.</ref> which many employees criticized in light of large scale layoffs that Google undertook in 2023.<ref>Elias, Jennifer (May 3, 2023). "Google employees complain about CEO Sundar Pichai's pay raise as cost cuts hit rest of the company". CNBC. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.</ref>

In April 2024, after 28 Google employees were fired for protesting against Project Nimbus, Pichai stated that the office is not a place "to fight over disruptive issues or debate politics", and warned against using the company "as a personal platform".<ref>Royle, Orianna Rosa. "Sundar Pichai tells Google staff he doesn't want any more political debates in the office". Fortune. Archived from the original on January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 22, 2025.</ref>

Awards and recognition

Pichai was included in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in 2016<ref>Nye, Bill (April 21, 2016). "Sundar Pichai: The World's 100 Most Influential People". Time. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.</ref> and 2020.<ref>"Sundar Pichai: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020". Time. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.</ref> He was also included in the Time 100 AI list in 2024.<ref>"The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024". Time. Archived from the original on September 18, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.</ref> He was awarded the 2021 Asia Game Changer Award by the Asia Society.<ref>"Asia Society Announces 2021 Asia Game Changers". Asia Society. September 30, 2021. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2025.</ref>

In 2022, Pichai received the Padma Bhushan in the category of Trade and Industry<ref>"Sundar Pichai Awarded Padma Bhushan". Entrepreneur India. December 3, 2022. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.</ref> from the Government of India, the country's third-highest civilian award.<ref>"Padma Awards 2022: Complete list of recipients". mint. January 26, 2022. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.</ref><ref>"Padma Bhushan: Microsoft's Satya Nadella, and Google's Sundar Pichai get Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award". The Times of India. January 25, 2022. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.</ref>

Personal life

Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai (née Haryani) and has two children.<ref>Barrabi, Thomas (December 5, 2018). "Who is Google CEO Sundar Pichai?". FOXBusiness. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.</ref> Anjali is originally from Kota, India. They became close while studying together at IIT Kharagpur.<ref>"कोटा से सुंदर पिचाई की पत्नी अंजलि पिचाई से मिलें; उनकी दूरदर्शिता ने Google CEO के लिए प्रति दिन 5 करोड़ रुपये का वेतन सुनिश्चित किया". DNA India (in हिन्दी). April 22, 2023. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.</ref> His recreational interests include cricket and soccer.<ref>"Sundar Pichai visits FC Barcelona". F.C Barcelona website. March 2, 2017. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.</ref><ref>Sharma PunitJ, Itika (June 24, 2019). "Sundar Pichai just proved that you can take an Indian out of India but not India out of an Indian". Quartz India. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2019.</ref> He lives in Los Altos Hills, California.<ref>"Inside Sundar Pichai's ultra-luxurious California house that has an infinity pool, wine cellar; Know about his $226 million salary, net worth & lifestyle". The Financial Express. May 16, 2023. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.</ref><ref>Dineen, J.K. (February 25, 2023). "One developer is seeking the builder's remedy in two Silicon Valley cities. Here's how the responses have been different". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.</ref>

References

External links

Sundar Pichai on Twitter
"Sundar Pichai's rise to fame in 90 seconds", Tech Gurus, The Daily Telegraph

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-'''Pichai Sundararajan''' (born June 10, 1972<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|title=Happy Birthday Sundar Pichai: Here are 5 videos of Google's CEO that reveal his other side|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jun/10/happy-birthday-sundar-pichai-here-are-5-videos-of-googles-ceo-that-reveal-his-other-side-2154796.html|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=The New Indian Express}}</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>
+'''Pichai Sundararajan''' (born June 10, 1972), better known as '''Sundar Pichai''' (pronounced: {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ʊ|n|d|ɜːr|_|p|ɪ|ˈ|tʃ|eɪ}}), is an Indian–American business executive who has been the [[CEO]] of [[Google]] since 2015 and the CEO of its parent company [[Alphabet Inc.]] since 2019.&lt;ref name="britt" /&gt;
-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 &amp; Co.]], Pichai joined Google in 2004,&lt;ref name="britt"&gt;{{Cite web|title=Sundar Pichai|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sundar-Pichai|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418214033/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sundar-Pichai|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; 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]].
-Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of [[Google]] on August 10, 2015, after previously being appointed [[Chief Product Officer|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. He was appointed to the Alphabet Board of Directors in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Helft|first=Miguel|title=Google CEO Sundar Pichai Appointed To Alphabet Board Of Directors|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2017/07/24/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-appointed-to-alphabet-board-of-directors/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>
+As of February 2026, his net worth is estimated at US$1.6 billion.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Sundar Pichai |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sundar-pichai/ |access-date=May 5, 2025 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506144800/https://www.forbes.com/profile/sundar-pichai/ |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;
-Pichai was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s [[Time 100|annual list of the 100 most influential people]] in 2016<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nye|first=Bill|title=Sundar Pichai: The World's 100 Most Influential People|url=https://time.com/collection-post/4301266/sundar-pichai-2016-time-100/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=TIME.com}}</ref> and 2020.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Sundar Pichai: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020|url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/|access-date=September 23, 2020|magazine=Time}}</ref>
 == Early life and education ==
-Pichai was born in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]],<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]] |access-date=January 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203140722/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-12/news/65490363_1_sundar-pichai-school-days-google-ceo |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundar Pichai {{!}} Biography, Google, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sundar-Pichai|access-date=March 14, 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Charlie">{{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]]|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142631/https://www.vccircle.com/google-gets-new-parent-alphabet-sundar-pichai-becomes-ceo-google/|archive-date=March 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> to a [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-speaking family. His mother, Lakshmi, was a [[stenographer]], and his father, Regunatha Pichai, was an [[electrical engineer]] at [[General Electric Company|GEC]], the British [[Conglomerate (company)|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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815024206/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/A-shy-quiet-boy-who-loved-science/articleshow/48446157.cms|archive-date=August 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</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 | access-date=August 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815205508/http://www.dailyo.in/technology/sundar-pichai-google-android-alphabet-inc-iit-k-stanford-wharton-eric-schmidt/story/1/5589.html | archive-date=August 15, 2015 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+Pichai was born on June 10, 1972&lt;ref name="britannica"&gt;{{Cite web|title=Happy Birthday Sundar Pichai: Here are 5 videos of Google's CEO that reveal his other side|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jun/10/happy-birthday-sundar-pichai-here-are-5-videos-of-googles-ceo-that-reveal-his-other-side-2154796.html|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=The New Indian Express|date=June 10, 2020|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416045458/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jun/10/happy-birthday-sundar-pichai-here-are-5-videos-of-googles-ceo-that-reveal-his-other-side-2154796.html|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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|archive-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205214026/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-factbox-idUSKBN1Y72PS|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416195844/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/panache|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; in [[Madurai]], Tamil Nadu,&lt;ref&gt;{{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]] |access-date=January 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203140722/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-12/news/65490363_1_sundar-pichai-school-days-google-ceo |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |url-status=dead  }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="britt"/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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]]|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142631/https://www.vccircle.com/google-gets-new-parent-alphabet-sundar-pichai-becomes-ceo-google/|archive-date=March 6, 2018|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; to a [[Tamil Hindu]] family. His mother, Lakshmi, was a [[stenographer]], and his father, Regunatha Pichai, was an [[electrical engineer]] at [[General Electric Company|GEC]], the British [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]].&lt;ref&gt;{{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|work=Mumbai Mirror|publisher=Bennett, Coleman &amp; Co. Ltd.|access-date=August 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815024206/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/A-shy-quiet-boy-who-loved-science/articleshow/48446157.cms|archive-date=August 15, 2015|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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 | access-date=August 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815205508/http://www.dailyo.in/technology/sundar-pichai-google-android-alphabet-inc-iit-k-stanford-wharton-eric-schmidt/story/1/5589.html | archive-date=August 15, 2015 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}&lt;/ref&gt;
-Pichai completed schooling in Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School<ref>{{cite web | title=From Chennai to California: Google CEO Sundar Pichai's back breaking efforts towards success | website=India Today | date=December 20, 2016 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/google-sundar-pichai-358629-2016-12-20 | access-date=September 9, 2021}}</ref> in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and completed the Class XII from [[Vanavani Matriculation Higher Secondary School|Vana Vani school]] at [[IIT 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|work=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|work=The Hindu|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814162630/http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology-topstories/shy-quiet-worker-schoolmates-talk-about-google-ceo-sundar-pichai/article1-1378734.aspx|archive-date=August 14, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He earned his degree from [[IIT Kharagpur]] in [[metallurgical engineering]] and is a distinguished alumnus from that institution.<ref>{{cite news|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|date=February 2, 2014 |access-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306211227/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Chennais-Sundar-Pichai-is-dark-horse/articleshow/29744299.cms|archive-date=March 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He holds an [[Master of Science|M.S.]] from [[Stanford University]] in materials science and engineering, and an [[MBA]] from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite news|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|newspaper=The Hindu|date=August 11, 2015|access-date=August 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331175204/http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/the-rise-and-rise-of-sundar-pichai-new-ceo-of-google/article7525421.ece?homepage=true|archive-date=March 31, 2016|url-status=live|last1=Lakshman|first1=Narayan}}</ref> where he was named a [[Siebel Scholars|Siebel Scholar]] and a Palmer Scholar respectively.<ref name="britannica" /><ref>[http://www.siebelscholars.com/scholars/347 Siebel Scholars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321100430/http://www.siebelscholars.com/scholars/347 |date=March 21, 2013 }}. 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018022411/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/seven-prominent-indian-origin-people-in-global-it-world/sundar-pichai/slideshow/24183228.cms |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
+Pichai completed schooling in Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | title=From Chennai to California: Google CEO Sundar Pichai's back breaking efforts towards success | website=India Today | date=December 20, 2016 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/google-sundar-pichai-358629-2016-12-20 | access-date=September 9, 2021 | archive-date=September 9, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909213333/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/google-sundar-pichai-358629-2016-12-20 | url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt; in [[Ashok Nagar, Chennai]] and completed the [[Twelfth grade|Class XII]] from [[Vanavani Matriculation Higher Secondary School|Vana Vani school]] at [[IIT Madras]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/tech-news/sundar-pichai-a-quiet-reserved-boy-in-school/article7526129.ece|title=Sundar Pichai, a quiet boy|work=The Hindu}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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|work=The Hindu|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814162630/http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology-topstories/shy-quiet-worker-schoolmates-talk-about-google-ceo-sundar-pichai/article1-1378734.aspx|archive-date=August 14, 2015|url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt; He earned a [[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]] in metallurgical engineering from [[IIT Kharagpur]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|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=The Times of India|date=February 2, 2014 |access-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306211227/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Chennais-Sundar-Pichai-is-dark-horse/articleshow/29744299.cms|archive-date=March 6, 2015|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; He holds an [[Master of Science|MS]] from [[Stanford University]] in materials science and engineering and an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]],&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|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|newspaper=The Hindu|date=August 11, 2015|access-date=August 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331175204/http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/the-rise-and-rise-of-sundar-pichai-new-ceo-of-google/article7525421.ece?homepage=true|archive-date=March 31, 2016|url-status=live|last1=Lakshman|first1=Narayan}}&lt;/ref&gt; where he was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.&lt;ref name="britannica" /&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.siebelscholars.com/scholars/347 Siebel Scholars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321100430/http://www.siebelscholars.com/scholars/347 |date=March 21, 2013 }}. Siebel Scholars. Retrieved August 23, 2013.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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 |publisher=CNET |date=March 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018022411/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/seven-prominent-indian-origin-people-in-global-it-world/sundar-pichai/slideshow/24183228.cms |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |url-status=live  }}&lt;/ref&gt;
 == Career ==
-[[File:Sundar Pichai - SVP, Android, Chrome and Apps, Google.jpg|thumb|250px|Pichai speaking at the 2015 [[Mobile World Congress]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain]]
+[[File:Sundar Pichai - SVP, Android, Chrome and Apps, Google.jpg|thumb|left|Pichai speaking at the 2015 [[Mobile World Congress]]]]
-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/ |access-date=April 29, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=March 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429192021/http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/03/14/who-is-google-androids-sundar-pichai/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |url-status=live  }}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811045122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33858436 |archive-date=August 11, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> and [[ChromeOS]], as well as being largely responsible for [[Google Drive]]. He went on to oversee the development of other 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 |date=March 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624055742/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-16/strategy/37766660_1_sundar-pichai-chrome-os-iit-kharagpur |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]  }}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103230810/http://www.rediff.com/money/report/slide-show-1-tech-sundar-pichai-the-man-google-twitter-fought-for/20130319.htm |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration of ChromeOS; 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924193859/http://www.pcworld.com/article/182655/Google_Chrome_OS_Unveiled.html |archive-date=September 24, 2012 |url-status=live  }}</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 |access-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112235125/http://gigaom.com/video/google-open-sourcing-vp8-as-part-of-webm-project/ |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
+Pichai worked in engineering and [[product management]] at [[Applied Materials]] and in [[management consulting]] at [[McKinsey &amp; Company]].&lt;ref&gt;{{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/ |access-date=April 29, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=March 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429192021/http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/03/14/who-is-google-androids-sundar-pichai/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 |url-status=live  }}&lt;/ref&gt; 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]]&lt;ref&gt;{{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 |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=August 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811045122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33858436 |archive-date=August 11, 2015 |url-status=live  }}&lt;/ref&gt; and [[ChromeOS]], as well as being largely responsible for [[Google Drive]]. He went on to oversee the development of other applications such as [[Gmail]] and [[Google Maps]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Charles |title=Meet Google new Android chief Sundar Pichai |url=https://www.gadgetsnow.com/enterprise-it/strategy/Meet-Googles-new-Android-chief-Sundar-Pichai/articleshow/19003698.cms |access-date=March 14, 2013 |date=March 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624055742/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-16/strategy/37766660_1_sundar-pichai-chrome-os-iit-kharagpur |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]  }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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 |publisher=CNET |date=March 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103230810/http://www.rediff.com/money/report/slide-show-1-tech-sundar-pichai-the-man-google-twitter-fought-for/20130319.htm |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=live  }}&lt;/ref&gt; On November 19, 2009, Pichai gave a demonstration of ChromeOS; the [[Chromebook]] was released for trial and testing in 2011, and released to the public in 2012.&lt;ref&gt;{{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 |work=PC World |access-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924193859/http://www.pcworld.com/article/182655/Google_Chrome_OS_Unveiled.html |archive-date=September 24, 2012 |url-status=live  }}&lt;/ref&gt; On May 20, 2010, he announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec [[VP8]] by Google and introduced the new video format, [[WebM]].&lt;ref&gt;{{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 |access-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112235125/http://gigaom.com/video/google-open-sourcing-vp8-as-part-of-webm-project/ |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}&lt;/ref&gt; Pichai served on [[Jive Software]]'s board of directors from April 2011 to July 2013.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |date=March 14, 2013 |title=Who is Sundar Pichai? |url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/who-is-sundar-pichai-342476 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310143356/http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/who-is-sundar-pichai-342476 |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |publisher=NDTV.com }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=Jive Elects Informatica Executive Margaret Breya to Board of Directors |url=http://investors.jivesoftware.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=781347 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025192008/http://investors.jivesoftware.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=781347 |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |access-date=February 12, 2014 |publisher=Jive Software}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="Helft"&gt;{{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 |url-status=live |journal=Fortune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403015252/http://fortune.com/2014/10/27/google-rise-of-sundar-pichai/ |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=April 5, 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-On March 13, 2013, Pichai added [[Android (operating system)|Android]] to the list of Google products that he oversaw. 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/ |access-date=March 13, 2013 |newspaper=Wired |date=March 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317090852/http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/andy-rubin-leaving-android |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref> He was a director of [[Jive Software]] from April 2011 to July 30, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title= Who is Sundar Pichai? |date= March 14, 2013 |url= http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/who-is-sundar-pichai-342476 |publisher= NDTV.com |access-date= February 3, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140310143356/http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/who-is-sundar-pichai-342476 |archive-date= March 10, 2014 |url-status=live |df= mdy-all }}</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|access-date=February 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025192008/http://investors.jivesoftware.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=781347|archive-date=October 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</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 |access-date=April 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403015252/http://fortune.com/2014/10/27/google-rise-of-sundar-pichai/ |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=G is for Google|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810210148/http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|archive-date=August 10, 2015|access-date=August 10, 2015|work=Official Google Blog|date=August 10, 2015}}</ref> 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">{{cite web|date=October 2, 2015|title=SEC Filing (Form 8-K) by Alphabet Inc.|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312515336577/d82837d8k12b.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709163139/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312515336577/d82837d8k12b.htm|archive-date=July 9, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref><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|date=August 10, 2015|access-date=August 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810210148/http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|archive-date=August 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
+On March 13, 2013, Pichai added [[Android (operating system)|Android]] to the list of Google products that he oversaw. Android was formerly managed by [[Andy Rubin]].&lt;ref&gt;{{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/ |access-date=March 13, 2013 |newspaper=Wired |date=March 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317090852/http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/andy-rubin-leaving-android |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=live  }}&lt;/ref&gt; Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015,&lt;ref name="g-google"&gt;{{cite web|title=G is for Google|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810210148/http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html|archive-date=August 10, 2015|access-date=August 10, 2015|work=Official Google Blog|date=August 10, 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt; 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.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|date=October 2, 2015|title=SEC Filing (Form 8-K) by Alphabet Inc.|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312515336577/d82837d8k12b.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709163139/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000119312515336577/d82837d8k12b.htm|archive-date=July 9, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name="Helft" /&gt;&lt;ref name="g-google"/&gt;
-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/ |access-date=February 3, 2014 |newspaper=SiliconANGLE |date=January 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207170411/http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/31/breaking-news-google-svp-of-chrome-apps-sundar-pichai-now-front-runner-for-microsoft-ceo-job/ |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>Samuel Gibbs, [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/powerful-indians-silicon-valley The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411173500/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/powerful-indians-silicon-valley |date=April 11, 2016 }} 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.<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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808062140/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810185646/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/google-women-engineer-fired-memo.html|archive-date=August 10, 2017|url-status=live}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930054236/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evzjww/here-are-the-citations-for-the-anti-diversity-manifesto-circulating-at-google|archive-date=September 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808042251/https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damore-fired-anti-diversity-manifesto|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808113419/https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16111724/google-sundar-pichai-employee-memo-diversity|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Pichai had been suggested as a contender for [[Microsoft]]'s CEO in 2014, a position that was eventually given to [[Satya Nadella]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Furrier |first=John |title=Google SVP of Chrome &amp; 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/ |access-date=February 3, 2014 |newspaper=SiliconANGLE |date=January 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207170411/http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/31/breaking-news-google-svp-of-chrome-apps-sundar-pichai-now-front-runner-for-microsoft-ceo-job/ |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |url-status=live  }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |last=Gibbs |first=Samuel |date=April 11, 2014 |title=The most powerful Indian technologists in Silicon Valley |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/11/powerful-indians-silicon-valley |access-date=February 17, 2026 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; In August 2017, Pichai drew publicity for firing a Google employee who wrote [[Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|a ten-page manifesto]] criticizing the company's pro-diversity policies.&lt;ref&gt;{{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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808062140/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/Googles-Ideological-Echo-Chamber.pdf|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810185646/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/business/google-women-engineer-fired-memo.html|archive-date=August 10, 2017|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/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|date=August 7, 2017 |language=en-us|access-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930054236/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evzjww/here-are-the-citations-for-the-anti-diversity-manifesto-circulating-at-google|archive-date=September 30, 2018|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808042251/https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damore-fired-anti-diversity-manifesto|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808113419/https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16111724/google-sundar-pichai-employee-memo-diversity|archive-date=August 8, 2017|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204172723/https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/4/16733202/china-apple-google-tim-cook-sundar-pichai-open-internet-surprise-guests|archive-date=December 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206074449/https://qz.com/1145637/2017-world-internet-conference-tim-cook-and-sundar-pichais-surprise-remarks/|archive-date=December 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Pichai was appointed to the Alphabet Board of Directors in 2017.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=Helft|first=Miguel|title=Google CEO Sundar Pichai Appointed To Alphabet Board Of Directors|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2017/07/24/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-appointed-to-alphabet-board-of-directors/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416045457/https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2017/07/24/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-appointed-to-alphabet-board-of-directors/|url-status=live|date=July 24, 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-In December 2019, Pichai became the CEO of [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet Inc]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 3, 2019|title=A letter from Larry and Sergey|url=https://blog.google/inside-google/alphabet/letter-from-larry-and-sergey/|access-date=December 3, 2019|website=Google|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Feiner|first=Lauren|date=December 3, 2019|title=Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai to take over|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/03/larry-page-steps-down-as-ceo-of-alphabet.html|access-date=December 4, 2019|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref> His compensation from the company topped $200 Million in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alphabet CEO's Pay Soars to $226 Million on Huge Stock Award (1) |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benefits/alphabet-ceos-pay-soars-to-226-million-on-massive-stock-award |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}}</ref>
+On December 11, 2018, Sundar Pichai was questioned by the [[United States House Judiciary Committee]] on a range of Google-related issues such as possible political bias on Google's platforms, the company's alleged plans for a "censored search app" in China, and its privacy practices.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=D'Onfro |first=Jillian |date=December 11, 2018 |title=Google's Sundar Pichai was grilled on privacy, data collection, and China during congressional hearing |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-testifies-before-congress-on-bias-privacy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203234107/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-testifies-before-congress-on-bias-privacy.html |archive-date=December 3, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2019 |publisher=[[CNBC]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; In response, Pichai told the committee that Google employees cannot influence search results. He also stated that Google users can opt out of having their data collected and that "there are no current plans for a censored search engine" in [[China]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Abril |first=Danielle |date=December 11, 2018 |title=Lawmakers Grill Google CEO Sundar Pichai. But He Emerges Merely Singed |url=https://fortune.com/2018/12/11/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-congressional-hearing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203232901/https://fortune.com/2018/12/11/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-congressional-hearing/ |archive-date=December 3, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2019 |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;
-== U.S. Congressional testimony ==
+In December 2019, Pichai became the CEO of Alphabet Inc.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=December 3, 2019|title=A letter from Larry and Sergey|url=https://blog.google/inside-google/alphabet/letter-from-larry-and-sergey/|access-date=December 3, 2019|publisher=Google|language=en|archive-date=May 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503135948/https://blog.google/inside-google/alphabet/letter-from-larry-and-sergey|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=Feiner|first=Lauren|date=December 3, 2019|title=Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai to take over|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/03/larry-page-steps-down-as-ceo-of-alphabet.html|access-date=December 4, 2019|publisher=CNBC|language=en|archive-date=August 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824015937/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/03/larry-page-steps-down-as-ceo-of-alphabet.html|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; His compensation from the company topped $200&amp;nbsp;million in 2022,&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Alphabet CEO's Pay Soars to $226 Million on Huge Stock Award (1) |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benefits/alphabet-ceos-pay-soars-to-226-million-on-massive-stock-award |access-date=April 23, 2023 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423231401/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benefits/alphabet-ceos-pay-soars-to-226-million-on-massive-stock-award |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt; which many employees criticized in light of large scale layoffs that Google undertook in 2023.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Elias |first=Jennifer |date=May 3, 2023 |title=Google employees complain about CEO Sundar Pichai's pay raise as cost cuts hit rest of the company |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/03/google-employees-complain-about-ceo-sundar-pichais-pay-raise.html |access-date=June 16, 2024 |publisher=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214145956/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/03/google-employees-complain-about-ceo-sundar-pichais-pay-raise.html |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;
-On December 11, 2018, Sundar Pichai was questioned by the [[United States House Judiciary Committee]] on a range of Google-related issues such as possible political bias on Google's platforms, the company's alleged plans for a "censored search app" in China, and its privacy practices.<ref name=testify>{{cite news |last= D’Onfro|first=Jillian |date=December 11, 2018 |title=Google's Sundar Pichai was grilled on privacy, data collection, and China during congressional hearing |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-testifies-before-congress-on-bias-privacy.html |work=[[CNBC]] |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> In response, Pichai informed the committee that Google employees cannot influence search results. He also stated that Google users can opt out of having their data collected and that "there are no current plans for a censored search engine" in China.<ref name=no>{{cite news |last=Abril|first=Danielle |date=December 11, 2018 |title=Lawmakers Grill Google CEO Sundar Pichai. But He Emerges Merely Singed |url=https://fortune.com/2018/12/11/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-congressional-hearing/|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref>
-In October 2020, the [[United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation]] unanimously voted in favor of, and on a bipartisan basis, to [[subpoena]] Pichai, along with [[Facebook]] (today [[Meta Platforms|Meta]]) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and then [[Twitter]] CEO [[Jack Dorsey]], to testify before the committee in response to lawmakers' concerns over the technology industry's exemption from [[Section 230]] of the Communications Decency Act of 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/01/tech/facebook-google-senate-subpoena/index.html|title=Senate Commerce votes to issue subpoenas to CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=CNN|date=October 2020 }}</ref>
+In April 2024, after 28 Google employees were fired for protesting against [[Project Nimbus]], Pichai stated that the office is not a place "to fight over disruptive issues or debate politics", and warned against using the company "as a personal platform".&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Royle |first=Orianna Rosa |title=Sundar Pichai tells Google staff he doesn't want any more political debates in the office |url=https://fortune.com/2024/04/22/sundar-pichai-google-staff-no-political-debates-office-firing-28-employees-israeli-contract-protest/ |access-date=January 22, 2025 |website=Fortune |language=en |archive-date=January 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121163956/https://fortune.com/2024/04/22/sundar-pichai-google-staff-no-political-debates-office-firing-28-employees-israeli-contract-protest/ |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;
 == Awards and recognition ==
-In 2022, Pichai received the [[Padma Bhushan]] in the category of Trade and Industry<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2022 |title=Sundar Pichai Awarded Padma Bhushan |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/shundar-pichai-awarded-padma-bhushan/440361 |access-date=14 April 2023 |website=Entrepreneur India}}</ref> from the [[Government of India]], the country's third-highest civilian award.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 26, 2022|title=Padma Awards 2022: Complete list of recipients|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/padma-awards-2022-complete-list-of-recepient-11643162439142.html|access-date=January 26, 2022|website=mint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Padma Bhushan: Microsoft's Satya Nadella, and Google's Sundar Pichai get Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/microsofts-satya-nadella-and-googles-sundar-pichai-get-padma-bhushan-indias-third-highest-civilian-award/articleshow/89122582.cms |date=January 25, 2022 |access-date=January 26, 2022 |website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
+Pichai was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s [[Time 100|annual list of the 100 most influential people]] in 2016&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite magazine|last=Nye|first=Bill|title=Sundar Pichai: The World's 100 Most Influential People|url=https://time.com/collection-post/4301266/sundar-pichai-2016-time-100/|access-date=April 16, 2021|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=April 21, 2016|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119052815/https://time.com/collection-post/4301266/sundar-pichai-2016-time-100/|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; and 2020.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite magazine|title=Sundar Pichai: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020|url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/|access-date=September 23, 2020|magazine=Time|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924085500/https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; He was also included in the Time 100 AI list in 2024.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite magazine |title=The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024 |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-ai-2024/ |access-date=September 16, 2024 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918032539/https://time.com/collection/time100-ai-2024/ |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt; He was awarded the 2021 [[Asia Game Changer Awards|Asia Game Changer Award]] by the [[Asia Society]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Asia Society Announces 2021 Asia Game Changers |url=https://asiasociety.org/asia-society-announces-2021-asia-game-changers |access-date=July 16, 2025 |website=[[Asia Society]] |language=en |archive-date=September 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929165237/https://asiasociety.org/asia-society-announces-2021-asia-game-changers |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;
+In 2022, Pichai received the [[Padma Bhushan]] in the category of Trade and Industry&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2022 |title=Sundar Pichai Awarded Padma Bhushan |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/shundar-pichai-awarded-padma-bhushan/440361 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |website=Entrepreneur India |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414135926/https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/shundar-pichai-awarded-padma-bhushan/440361 |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt; from the [[Government of India]], the country's third-highest civilian award.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=January 26, 2022|title=Padma Awards 2022: Complete list of recipients|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/padma-awards-2022-complete-list-of-recepient-11643162439142.html|access-date=January 26, 2022|website=mint|language=en|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126094504/https://www.livemint.com/news/padma-awards-2022-complete-list-of-recepient-11643162439142.html|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=Padma Bhushan: Microsoft's Satya Nadella, and Google's Sundar Pichai get Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/microsofts-satya-nadella-and-googles-sundar-pichai-get-padma-bhushan-indias-third-highest-civilian-award/articleshow/89122582.cms|date=January 25, 2022|access-date=January 26, 2022|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126103328/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/microsofts-satya-nadella-and-googles-sundar-pichai-get-padma-bhushan-indias-third-highest-civilian-award/articleshow/89122582.cms|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;
 == Personal life ==
-Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai and has two children.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barrabi |first1=Thomas |title=Who is Google CEO Sundar Pichai? |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/who-is-sundar-pichai-google-ceo-at-center-of-political-bias-dispute |website=FOXBusiness |date=December 5, 2018}}</ref> Anjali is originally from [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], [[India]]. Both came close while studying together in [[IIT, Kharagpur]].<ref>{{cite web|title=कोटा से सुंदर पिचाई की पत्नी अंजलि पिचाई से मिलें; उनकी दूरदर्शिता ने Google CEO के लिए प्रति दिन 5 करोड़ रुपये का वेतन सुनिश्चित किया|website=DNA India|date=22 April 2023|language=hi|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-meet-anjali-pichai-sundar-pichai-s-wife-from-kota-her-foresight-ensured-rs-5-crore-per-day-salary-for-google-3037962}}</ref> His recreational interests include [[cricket]] and [[association football|football]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/photos/774947/sundar-pichai-googles-ceo-visits-the-club-02-03-17|website=F.C Barcelona website|title=Sundar Pichai visits FC Barcelona|access-date=December 4, 2019|date=March 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sharma PunitJ|first=Itika |url=https://qz.com/india/1643816/googles-sundar-pichai-roots-for-india-and-england-cricket-teams/amp|title=Sundar Pichai just proved that you can take an Indian out of India but not India out of an Indian|website=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz India]]|access-date=December 4, 2019|date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> Pichai is an adherent of [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ghbase.com/what-is-sundar-pichai-religion/ | title=What is Sundar Pichai Religion? | date=April 22, 2023 }}</ref>
+Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai (née Haryani) and has two children.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |last1=Barrabi |first1=Thomas |title=Who is Google CEO Sundar Pichai? |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/who-is-sundar-pichai-google-ceo-at-center-of-political-bias-dispute |website=FOXBusiness |date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120172523/https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/who-is-sundar-pichai-google-ceo-at-center-of-political-bias-dispute |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt; Anjali is originally from [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], India. They became close while studying together at [[IIT Kharagpur]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=कोटा से सुंदर पिचाई की पत्नी अंजलि पिचाई से मिलें; उनकी दूरदर्शिता ने Google CEO के लिए प्रति दिन 5 करोड़ रुपये का वेतन सुनिश्चित किया|website=DNA India|date=April 22, 2023|language=hi|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-meet-anjali-pichai-sundar-pichai-s-wife-from-kota-her-foresight-ensured-rs-5-crore-per-day-salary-for-google-3037962|access-date=June 24, 2023|archive-date=June 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624022359/https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-meet-anjali-pichai-sundar-pichai-s-wife-from-kota-her-foresight-ensured-rs-5-crore-per-day-salary-for-google-3037962|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; His recreational interests include [[cricket]] and [[association football|soccer]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/photos/774947/sundar-pichai-googles-ceo-visits-the-club-02-03-17|website=F.C Barcelona website|title=Sundar Pichai visits FC Barcelona|access-date=December 4, 2019|date=March 2, 2017|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015110212/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/photos/774947/sundar-pichai-googles-ceo-visits-the-club-02-03-17|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|last=Sharma PunitJ|first=Itika|url=https://qz.com/india/1643816/googles-sundar-pichai-roots-for-india-and-england-cricket-teams/amp|title=Sundar Pichai just proved that you can take an Indian out of India but not India out of an Indian|website=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz India]]|access-date=December 4, 2019|date=June 24, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623202630/https://qz.com/india/1643816/googles-sundar-pichai-roots-for-india-and-england-cricket-teams/amp/|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; He lives in [[Los Altos Hills, California]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/inside-sundar-pichais-ultra-luxurious-california-house-that-has-an-infinity-pool-wine-cellar-know-about-his-226-million-salary-net-worth-lifestyle/3057802/ |title=Inside Sundar Pichai's ultra-luxurious California house that has an infinity pool, wine cellar; Know about his $226 million salary, net worth &amp; lifestyle |date=May 16, 2023 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |access-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021230418/https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/inside-sundar-pichais-ultra-luxurious-california-house-that-has-an-infinity-pool-wine-cellar-know-about-his-226-million-salary-net-worth-lifestyle/3057802/ |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |last=Dineen |first=J.K. |date=February 25, 2023 |title=One developer is seeking the builder's remedy in two Silicon Valley cities. Here's how the responses have been different |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/mountain-view-los-altos-hills-diverging-builder-s-17804110.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021230418/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/mountain-view-los-altos-hills-diverging-builder-s-17804110.php |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;
 == References ==
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+== Further reading ==
+{{refbegin}}
+* {{Cite web |last=Mok |first=Aaron |date=September 30, 2023 |title=Inside the career rise of Sundar Pichai, the Google CEO being paid hundreds of millions to pave the way towards an 'AI-first' company |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/sundar-pichai-google-alphabet-ceo-career-life |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930100925/https://www.businessinsider.com/sundar-pichai-google-alphabet-ceo-career-life |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |access-date=October 16, 2023 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}
+{{refend}}
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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGdClb7wFo "Sundar Pichai's rise to fame in 90 seconds"], Tech Gurus, ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
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