CEO of Google Sundar Pichai was Born on June 10, 1972 Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Sundar Pichai belongs to a Middle - class tamil family. Pichai’ father worked in a factory that made electrical components. He played a role as an electrical engineer who managed the factory. His mother worked as an stenographer before having Pichai and his younger brother. He lived in a two room apartment.
Pichai Passion for Technology as a child :
Pichai soon realized that technology could save a lot of time. Once he had to go far to get the report of his mother, that was very far from their home. Even after reaching there, he had to wait for hours. He got very angry seeing this. When the first telephone arrived at his house, he respected him a lot. Because from that he could easily find out the blood report.
As an Intelligent Student:
His family members realized that his power to remember is very fast. He studied at Jawahar Vidyalaya school, Chennai. After that he got a seat in the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, where he completed his B.tech in metallurgical engineering. Pichai’s wife Anjali met with him in IIT; she was his classmate. Now, Both have two children- Daughter Kavya Pichai and son Kiran Pichai.
He won a scholarship from Stanford where he completed his M.S. “He was very clear from the beginning that he was passionate about electronics,” said Pichai's Prof Sanat kumar Roy.
After M.S he took admission in Ph.D. from Stanford University but he dropped out from there and worked as an engineer and product manager in Applied Materials. After that he pursued MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.
Google journey:
In 2004, Pichai started working at google. In the beginning, he was given a google search toolbar which gives users access to search on Google.
He also worked on many products like Google Gears, Gadgets, Google Pack, but now, these are not available. After this a turning point came in Pichai's life, when Pichai gave the idea that Google should launch its own browser. But initially, this idea was not adopted by the seniors. His persistence and belief in his product convinced the Google co-founders to launch Google's own browser in 2008. This product changed the way of work in the world. Now, Chrome is the no.1 browser in the world. After that Pichai worked on Google Maps, Google+, Android, Commerce & Advertising and Google Apps.
After playing a crucial role in Google to make $3.2 Bn in 2014, Sundar Pichai was made CEO of Google in 2015.
21 Amazing Motivational Sundar Pichai Quotes that always give us Goose Bumps when we heard these.
1. Wear your failures as a badge of honor.
