Sundar Pichai

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Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google LLC. He is the highest-paid executive of the search-giant- Google..Pichai used to excel at cricket when he was in school. His leadership skills were evident even then; as he was selected as the captain of his high school cricket team. Sundar Pichai during his school days (extreme left).Pichai not only secured a degree in Metallurgy from one of the most prestigious institutes in India but also managed to earn a scholarship to Stanford University, where he studied materials science and semiconductor physics.As Pichais father wasnt financially well-off, it was difficult for his father to send him abroad for higher studies. However, his father somehow managed to spend $1000 from the family savings to cover Pichais travel and additional expenses.When he studying at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he was named as the Siebel Scholar and Palmer Scholar, respectively; as he was one of the most talented students.Only a few people know that Pichai is not an early Googler. Before joining Google in 2004, he used to work as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, which specializes in metallurgy.On 1 April 2004, Pichai joined Google. Interestingly, it was the very day that Gmail was launched.Pichais wife, Anjali Pichai, was his classmate at IIT Kharagpur. The duo had such a strong bonding that even distance and years could not part the future companions. Marriage photo of Sundar Pichai.Interestingly, Satya Nadella and Pichai were being considered for the post of Microsofts CEO. However, the former was chosen as the CEO of Microsoft and Pichai continued at Google.Reportedly, in 2011, Pichai had made up his mind to leave Google and join Twitters core team. However, Google did not want Pichai to quit, hence they offered Pichai a humongous $50 million in stocks and retained him.