Even the world’s best business elites have a normal life accompanied by family and children. Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai is not a different man. The American businessman is the father of Kiran Pichai, who was born in 2005.
While Kiran has come into the limelight as a celebrity son, he lives a low-key life away from the spotlight. He is living his best life in America, where he was born. He has another sibling, but details about him or her remain out of the media.
Depending on Kiran’s father’s role as CEO of Alphabet and Google’ it is no surprise that he has led a quiet life. Even details regarding his education remain unknown.
Kiran Pichai’s Father
Sundar Pichai is an Indian business executive, who has came into the limelight for his role as CEO of the world’s most technological giant. The business executive debuted in the business world as a materials engineer.
Pichai had a role at McKinsey & Co for a while, before he joined Google in 2004. Pichai led the product management and innovation efforts at Google. He oversaw the development and deployment of various Google software products, including Google Chrome, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Maps, and others.
Pichai’s success as the Google CEO came in 2015. He had previously been appointed as Product Chief by Larry Page, who was the CEO of Google at the time. He stepped into the role of CEO on October 24, 2015. In 2017, Pichai was appointed to the Alphabet Board of Directors.
Due to his successful career as a business executive, he has been recognized in the list of 100 most influential people in 2016 and 2020.
Kiran’s Father’s Early Life, Education, and Career
Sundar was born on June 10, 1972 in Madurai, India. Both of Pichai’s parents were working class, his mother was a stenographer, while the father was an electrical engineer at a British company.
Pichai attended local schools in India before he went to Stanford University for his master’s degree. Moreover, he enrolled in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Kirani’s father started working as a consulting manager at McKinsey &Company before he joined Google in 2004. While at Google, he oversaw product management and innovation efforts which enabled the company to launch various software.
Before he rose to be Alphabet and Google’s CEO, he led the Google team in rolling out numerous software. He was suggested by Larry Page to be the CEO, a position which he ascended to on August 10, 2015.
In 2014, Pichai was suggested to be Microsoft’s CEO, a position that was given to Satya Nadella. While he has worked so hard to ensure Google and Alphabet remain recognized and competitive companies, he attracted criticism in 2017 when he fired a Google employee who wrote a ten-page manifesto criticizing the diversity policies.
Besides that, he started taking home over $200 million in 2022, when he became the CEO of Alphabet Inc. At the same time, the company was laying off employees on a large scale, which made many people question the company’s efforts.
