Sundar Pichai
Indian-born American business executive
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| 2025 | Attended the second inauguration of Donald Trump as one of the world's most powerful tech leaders. |
| 2025 | Pichai was among the world's top tech leaders who attended the controversial inauguration of US President Donald Trump. |
| February 13 2025 | Under Pichai's leadership, Google removed annual American cultural events from Google Calendar, including Black History Month, Pride Month, and Holocaust Remembrance Day, in response to pressure from Donald Trump and Elon Musk. |
| 2024 | Sundar Pichai was included in the Time 100 AI list. |
| April 2024 | Sundar Pichai fired 28 Google employees who were protesting against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion Israeli government cloud contract. Pichai maintained a stance of focusing on organizing world information, avoiding commentary on the Israel-Hamas conflict. |
| 2022 | Pichai's compensation from Alphabet Inc. topped $200 million, leading to criticism from employees amid large scale layoffs. |
| 2022 | Sundar Pichai received the Padma Bhushan in the category of Trade and Industry from the Government of India, the country's third-highest civilian award. |
| 2020 | Sundar Pichai was again included in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people. |
| 2019 | Pichai became the CEO of Alphabet Inc., further solidifying his leadership role within the company. |
| December 11 2018 | Pichai was questioned by the United States House Judiciary Committee regarding Google-related issues, including political bias and privacy practices. |
| 2017 | Sundar Pichai was appointed to the Alphabet Board of Directors. |
| December 2017 | Pichai was a speaker at the World Internet Conference in China, discussing Google's role in assisting Chinese businesses. |
| August 2017 | Drew publicity for firing a Google employee who wrote a manifesto criticizing the company's pro-diversity policies. |
| 2016 | Sundar Pichai was included in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people. |
| October 24 2015 | Pichai officially stepped into the role of CEO of Google at the completion of the formation of Alphabet Inc. |
| August 10 2015 | Sundar Pichai was selected to become the next CEO of Google. |
| March 13 2013 | Pichai added Android to his responsibilities at Google, overseeing a major product previously managed by Andy Rubin. |
| 2012 | The Chromebook was released under Sundar Pichai's oversight. |
| 2011 | Chromebook was released for trial and testing. |
| May 20 2010 | Pichai announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 and introduced the new video format, WebM. |
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