| 1. Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google LLC, being the highest-paid executive at Google. |
| 2. He was a skilled cricket player and a natural leader, serving as his high school cricket team's captain. |
| 3. Pichai graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 1993 with a degree in Metallurgy. |
| 4. He earned a scholarship to Stanford University, where he pursued studies in materials science and semiconductor physics. |
| 5. Despite financial challenges, his father managed to raise $1000 from family savings to support Pichai's studies abroad. |
| 6. While at Wharton School in 2004, Pichai was recognized as a Siebel Scholar and Palmer Scholar for his exceptional talent. |
| 7. Before joining Google, Pichai worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, specializing in metallurgy. |
| 8. Pichai joined Google on April 1, 2004, the same day Gmail was launched. |
| 9. His wife, Anjali Pichai, was his classmate at IIT Kharagpur, fostering a strong bond. |
| 10. Satya Nadella was chosen as Microsoft's CEO, allowing Pichai to remain at Google. |
| 11. To retain Pichai in 2011, Google offered him $50 million in stocks after he considered joining Twitter. |
| 12. Pichai proposed the idea for Google Chrome, now the world's most popular web browser. |
| 13. He is Google's first non-white CEO, succeeding Larry Page and Eric Schmidt. |
| 14. Pichai is credited with transforming the Android team to be more open and collaborative. |
| 15. During the 2015 Chennai floods, Pichai's grandmother was trapped for four days before being rescued. |
| 16. An ardent FC Barcelona fan, Pichai never misses watching the club's games. |
| 17. In December 2019, Pichai replaced Larry Page as CEO of Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company. |
| 18. He received a $240 million package in performance-based stock awards, one of the largest in tech's history. |
| 19. Pichai shared that his father sacrificed a year's salary to buy him a plane ticket to the U.S. for his Stanford education. |
| 20. In May 2023, Pichai sold his childhood home in Chennai to Tamil actor C. Manikandan, a nostalgic moment for his family. |
