Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google on August 10, 2015, after previously being appointed Product Chief by CEO Larry Page. In 2013, Pichai added Android to the list of Google products that he oversaw. In 2010, Pichai also announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google and introduced the new video format, WebM. In addition, he went on to oversee the development of other applications such as Gmail and Google Maps. Following a short stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., 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 and ChromeOS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive. Pichai began his career as a materials engineer. from Stanford University in materials science and engineering and further attained an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar, respectively.

Moving to the United States, he attained an M.S. īorn in Madurai, India, Pichai earned his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. Pichai Sundararajan (born J ), better known as Sundar Pichai ( / ˈ s ʊ n d ɑːr p ɪ ˈ tʃ aɪ/), is an Indian-American business executive.

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