Sundar Pichai to spearhead Google

 

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Google has formed a new parent company dubbed Alphabet that will include the Internet search unit as one of several entities. Alphabet will be run by Google chief Larry Page. And Indian born Sundar Pichai will be the new CEO, Google.

• Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies, the largest of which is Google.
• Alphabet will include units focusing on life sciences such as a glucose-sensing contact lens and the health research firm Calico.
• Alphabet Inc. will replace Google Inc. as the publicly traded entity, and all shares of Google will automatically convert to shares of Alphabet, with all of the same rights.
• Google will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet. The Google unit will include search and search ads, maps, apps, YouTube, Android and related technical infrastructure, according to a regulatory filing.

                       About Sundar Pichai:

• In his current role, Pichai oversees product management, engineering and research for Google’s products and platforms, according to Google’s filing at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
• He has been SVP of Google Android, Chrome and Apps, working on consumer products used by millions of people.
• Pichai was part of the team that launched the Chrome browser in 2008 and, prior to that, worked on various search products, including Google Toolbar, Desktop Search, Gadgets, and Google Gears and Gadgets, according to Business Insider magazine.
• Originally from Tamil Nadu, Pichai received a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

                  Other Indian born CEOs:

• Satya Nadella – Microsoft
• Ajay Banga – Mastercard
• Indira Nooyi – PepsiCo
• Ivan Menezes – Diageo
• Shantanu Narayen – Adobe Systems