Journey to become Google CEO of Sundar Pichai

More than a year ago, Sundar Pichai - from an anonymous Indian became Google CEO. Meanwhile, Larry Page is still the CEO of Google's parent company - Alphabet. Sundar Pichai officially took the position of CEO with an extremely important task of ensuring and maintaining core values ​​and developing Google's business situation.

So who is Sundar Pichai? How does Sundar Pichai get one of the most important positions in this leading technology company? Here's a journey story from an anonymous Indian who became Google CEO of Sundar Pichai. Invite you to watch!

Sundar Pichai has the full name of Pichai Sundararajan and grew up in Chennai, India. Before the birth of Pichai and his younger brother, his father was an electrical engineer, and his mother was a shorthand writer. Pichai's family is not rich, so the two brothers' bedrooms are also the living room!

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Sundar Pichai was soon discovered by his family the ability to remember all the phone numbers he had ever called. Currently, sometimes he also shows that talent at meetings before his colleagues' surprise.

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After turning his attention to the computer, the first software program Sundar Pichai wrote was a chess game. In the past, Pichai studied metallurgical engineering at the Kharagpur Institute of Technology in India and won a study abroad scholarship at Stanford.

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According to Sundar Pichai in a recent interview, moving to California was a big leap in his career life: " I have always loved technology and when I grew up I had a dream of working. in Silicon Valley, because I've read about it and heard stories from my uncle. "

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When he arrived in the US, Pichai could not believe that everything was so expensive, for example, that the backpack had a price of $ 60. Besides, Pichai also missed his girlfriend Anjali, eventually married, giving birth to a son and a daughter.

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After graduating from Stanford University, Pichai went on to study an MBA program at Pennsylvania's Wharton University. Before joining Google, Pichai worked at McKinsey & Co., a consulting and application materials company.

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On the April 2004 fishing day, Pichai interviewed at the Googleplex, which was also the day the company launched the Gmail service. Everyone, including Pichai, thought that the free email service was one of Google's " infamous hoaxes ." After that, Pichai started working on Google's search toolbar.

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In 2006, after Microsoft decided to put the default search engine on Internet Explorer to Bing, Pichai helped Google convince computer manufacturers to install their hardware toolbars to minimize the influence at this change.

Journey to become Google CEO of Sundar Pichai Picture 8 The image of the toolbar on the Web when Pichai started working in 2004. Photo source: The Way Back Machine

That Internet Explorer failure led to a great achievement for Pichai. Pichai is the one who convinced the founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to build their own web browser. The result is extremely surprising when Chrome now becomes the most popular choice on the Internet.

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As a leader, Pichai always receives the love of people by concentrating and regularly attending meetings even though he began to take on more responsibilities .

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. like Android, Pichai officially took over the department in 2013.

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One of Pichai's efforts is the cheap Android One smartphone, which aims to help " 5 billion " people who can access the online network.

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Besides, Pichai is also an extremely important factor in ensuring Android is better integrated with Google. Before taking office, these two segments are almost completely separate.

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A major turning point in Pichai's career was persuading Google to spend $ 3.2 billion to buy Nest in 2014, a start-up business with heat-regulating equipment, established cigarette smoke detectors. by Matt Rogers and Tony Fadell, two engineers designing the legendary iPod.

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Here is a post by Pichai in 2011:

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Behind Pichai is Chrome OS, the operating system dedicated to Google's cheap Chromebook laptops.

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Pichai remains loyal to Google even though Twitter has invited him as a senior member of the company.

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Many people believe that Pichai is like an " interpreter " of Larry Page, because Pichai understands Page's vision to hand over to other groups.

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The success of Pichai is tied to Chrome, Apps and Android, which led to the next important step in his career in 2014. When Page gave Pichai responsibility for almost all of the company's product areas, including search, map, Google+, commercial advertising and infrastructure.

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" Sundar is able to observe acutely about what will happen and be flexible around important 'super' things. We care about the products he creates and thinks he fits perfectly. This position ", Page wrote about Pichai.

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After nearly a year of organizational structure, it is not surprising that Pichai is responsible for core products and exploits to make Google grow stronger.

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Some comments on the immigration issue of President Donald Trump, Pichai expressed his views as follows: " Don't let fear lose our values. We must support Muslims and Other ethnic minority communities in the US and around the world ".

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Although Pichai does not use Instagram and rarely access tweets, he owns a rather active Google+ page, providing important information and a deep personal look.

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Most of Pichai's posts highlight the various features of Chrome. But he also revealed that he admires people like Nelson Mandela, Anthony Shadid, Dennis Ritchie, Wangari Maathai, John McCarthy or Aaron Swartz.

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In addition, Pichai also loves Cricket sports .

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. and the game " Flappy Bird ". This is a meeting and talk with author Nguyen Ha Dong in Vietnam.

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Pichai is a favorite leader at Google, who often focuses on results rather than personal ego. Since becoming Google CEO, the number of people known to him has increased significantly. One employee shared on Quora forum: " In Google, Pichai is respected by everyone. The engineers, product managers and entrepreneurs love him very much. "

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In February 2016, Pichai received about $ 183 million worth of the company 's money and that amount will be awarded over the next four years. According to Bloomberg, " This is the highest pay package Google has ever given a director ."

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In India, Pichai is seen as a hero symbol. " You did what people dreamed of doing, " said Harsha Bhogle, an interviewer at Pichai's meeting with students at Delhi University.

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Pichai met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Despite being successful in his career, Pichai is always humble: " It is always the best thing to work with people who make you feel uneasy about yourself. You will constantly push the limits of the village dear ".

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Kareem Winters

Update 24 May 2019