INDIAN ACES OF TECH ..... " SUNDAR PICHAI "

"SUNDAR PICHAI "

Occupation: CEO, Google

ALMA MATER : IIT Kharagpur (B.Tech)

                             Stanford University ( M.S)

                             The Wharton School ( M.B.A)

BORN IN : Madurai, Tamil Nadu

NET WORTH : 150 Million Dollar.

 Facts to Know :

1. Pichai has insane numerical recall and can remember every number he's ever dialled.

2. In February 2014, Pichai was rumoured to be in active negotiations with Microsoft to become that tech giant's third CEO.

3. Pichai trends to walk it out when he's deep in thought . It's not unusual for him to wander away in the middle of a meeting , only to return with the solution to whatever problem is being discussed.

4. Pichai was captain of his high school cricket team before earning his bachelor of engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology; his MS from Stanford; and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania . When Sundar won a scholarship to Stanford , his father withdrew more than his annual salary from the family's saving to fly him to the United States.

5. In 2011, Pichai drew attention when he was considered to lead product and replace Jason Goldman at Twitter. He chose to stay with Google.

6. In 2013, Pichai took over Android founder Andy Rubins portfolio to run mobile platforms . He was also entrusted with wooing more than a billion global users to the Android ecosystem.

 7. Pichai was skilled at staying out of politics and drama at Google. When he reported to Marissa Mayer , he reportedly sat outside her office for hours, if necessary,to make sure his team had good performance reviews.

8. When Pichai was almost lured away to Microsoft, Google reportedly negotiated desperately to retain Pichai for 50 Million dollar a year in stocks.

9. A topper in Metallurgical Engineering , from IIT Kharagpur , Pichai has seen a meteoric rise in his career from holding significant posts in Google to becoming its CEO. 

10. In 2004, he suggested the idea of new web browser. The idea was not taken seriously earlier. but now it has proved to be the leading web browser i.e. (Google Chrome) in the world. He has been regarded as the backbone behind the creation of Google Drive, the Gmail app and Google video code.

11. He was born in Chennai, India to a middle class family and didn't even own a car or a television during his childhood. He studied engineering in Metallurgy, which has no relation with IT ,and even dropped out of work as an enginner.