Sundar Pichai
Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian-born American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google.
Some of the key events about Sundar Pichai
- 1993Graduated with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- 1995Earned a Master of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University
- 2002Joined Google as a management consultant
- 2004Led the development of Google Toolbar and Google Chrome
- 2008Oversaw the launch of Google Chrome browser
- 2013Took over leadership of Android from Andy Rubin
- 2014Appointed as Product Chief, overseeing major Google products including Android, Chrome, and Google Apps
- 2015Became CEO of Google
- 2015Launched the Google.org Impact Challenge to fight racial inequity
- 2015Faced criticism for Google's alleged anti-competitive practices in the European Union
- 2018Testified before Congress regarding concerns about political bias in Google's search algorithms
- 2018Faced backlash for Google's Project Dragonfly, a censored search engine for China
- 2019Became CEO of Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company
- 2019Received criticism for Google's handling of sexual harassment allegations against executives
- 2020Faced antitrust lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice over Google's search dominance
- 2021Criticized for Google's decision to fire AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru
- 2021Faced employee protests over Google's involvement in military contracts
- 2022Announced significant layoffs at Google, affecting 12,000 employees
- 2023Testified before Congress about Google's alleged monopolistic practices
- 2023Faced criticism for Google's AI chatbot Bard's inaccurate response during public demo
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