Sundar Pichai

Chief Executive Officer, Alphabet and Google Alphabet

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Sundar Pichai has run Google since October 2015 and its parent, Alphabet, since December 2019. He joined in 2004 and led product and engineering for many of its core products, including Chrome, Android, Search, Maps, Gmail and Workspace. As chief executive he has reoriented the company around artificial intelligence, which Alphabet says now powers advances across its portfolio. In the second quarter of 2026 that strategy showed in the numbers: revenue grew 24 percent, and Google Cloud revenue grew 82 percent on demand for AI infrastructure. Alphabet ranked No. 5 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Chief Executive Officer of Alphabet since December 2019 and of Google since October 2015.
• Alphabet director since 2017.
• Senior Vice President, Products at Google from October 2014 to October 2015.
• Senior Vice President, Android, Chrome and Apps from March 2013 to October 2014.
• Joined Google in 2004.

Professional Journey

Pichai earned a Bachelor of Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, a Master of Science at Stanford University and an MBA at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

He joined Google in 2004 and led product and engineering across its products and platforms, including Search, Chrome, Maps, Android, Gmail and Google Workspace. In March 2013 he became Senior Vice President of Android, Chrome and Apps, and in October 2014 Senior Vice President of Products.

In October 2015 he became chief executive of Google, and in December 2019 chief executive of Alphabet as well. He joined Alphabet’s board in 2017. As CEO he has shifted the company’s strategy to focus on AI.

In the second quarter of 2026 Alphabet’s revenues grew 24 percent year over year. Pichai said Google Cloud revenues were “accelerating to 82% growth, driven by demand for AI infrastructure and AI solutions”, and that nearly 90 percent of the Fortune 100 were using Gemini Enterprise.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Bachelor of Technology

Stanford University

Master of Science

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

MBA