Sundar Pichai

Career

1. 2019 – now
   Alphabet Inc.src
   Chief Executive Officer (Alphabet since December 2019; Google since October 2015)
   Alphabet director since 2017; member of the board's Executive Committee
2. 2015 – 2019
   Google (subsidiary of Alphabet from 2015)src
   Chief Executive Officer of Google
3. 2014 – 2015
   Googlesrc
   Senior Vice President, Products (October 2014 to October 2015)
4. 2013 – 2014
   Googlesrc
   Senior Vice President, Android, Chrome and Apps (March 2013 to October 2014)
5. 2004 – 2013
   Googlesrc
   Product management, rising to lead Chrome and Chrome OS
   Joined Google in 2004 per DEF14A-2026; the titles held 2004-2013 come only from search results
6. 2002 – 2004
   McKinsey & Companysrc
   Management consultant
   Joined after the Wharton MBA (2002) per the search summary

Undated in the sources

• Applied Materialssrc, Engineer and product manager

Not located: Pre-2004 roles (Applied Materials, McKinsey) and the 2004-2013 Google titles come only from search summaries; the Applied Materials years were not located in any source

Achievements

• Has run Google since October 2015 and Alphabet since December 2019; before that led product and engineering for Search, Chrome, Maps, Android, Gmail and Workspacesrc
• The proxy credits him with moving the company's strategy to AI across the portfoliosrc
• Alphabet GAAP net income rose from $73.8bn (FY2023) to $132.2bn (FY2025)src
• Alphabet's TSR over 2023-2025 was 203.65%, the 92.86th percentile of the S&P 100, so his 2022 Tranche B PSUs paid the 200% maximum (1,348,607 shares) in February 2026src
• Shareholders re-elected him as a director in June 2026 with 12.22bn votes for and 0.14bn against, the second-highest for-count of the ten nomineessrc

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, BTech Metallurgical engineeringsrc
• Stanford University, MS Materials science and engineeringsrc
• The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MBA (2002)src

Background

• Family The 2026 proxy states there are no family relationships among any directors or executive officerssrc
• Giving The proxy lists The Pichai Family Foundation as his selected membershipsrc
• Boards Alphabet director since 2017 and on the Executive Committee; one of three employee directors with Page and Brin, and unpaid for board servicesrc
• Legal Testified in April 2025 at the remedies phase of the DOJ search antitrust case and called the DOJ's data-sharing proposal a de facto divestiture of Search (NPR)src
• Regulatory Judge Mehta ruled that Google is a monopolist in search. The September 2025 remedies left Chrome and Android with Google and allowed default-placement payments to continue, but require Google to share search index and interaction data with rivals (NPR)src
• Other Alphabet pays for his personal security: $8.8m in 2025, including residential security and security on all travel, on a third party's recommendation. The company says this is not a personal benefitsrc