Sundar Pichai

CEO, Google & Alphabet

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

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At a glance

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

Current role: CEO, Google & Alphabet
Born: 10 June 1972
Education: IIT Kharagpur — BTech; Stanford — MS; Wharton — MBA
Known for: Google Chrome; Google; Alphabet
Previously: Applied Materials; McKinsey; Google product leadership
Coverage: Search; cloud services; AI

Sources checked 16 October 2026. Selected career milestones and biographical references.

Career, in context.

Selected milestones, newest first. Explore earlier career below.

2023
Introduces Gemini
Google presents its multimodal model family under Pichai’s leadership.
Source: Google
2019
Becomes Alphabet CEO
Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce that he will lead both Alphabet and Google.
Source: Alphabet

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More than 10 years ago.

2015
Becomes Google CEO
He takes the chief executive role as Alphabet is created.
Source: Wikipedia
2013
Adds Android to his responsibilities
Pichai expands his product leadership beyond Chrome.
Source: Wikipedia
2008
Helps launch Chrome
The browser becomes a major part of Google’s software platform.
Source: Wikipedia
2004
Joins Google
He begins leading product work after roles in engineering and consulting.
Source: Wikipedia

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