Sundar Pichai is the chief executive officer of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc., a role he assumed in 2015 for Google and in 2019 for Alphabet. Born in Chennai, India, Pichai joined Google in 2004, leading product management for key offerings such as Chrome, Gmail, and Android. Under his leadership, Google has expanded its AI initiatives, cloud services, and hardware products, while Alphabet has diversified into various technology and research ventures.