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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received Nearly $200 Million Compensation in 2016

29Apr By AdityaNo Comments

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received Nearly $200 Million Compensation in 2016

Google's 44-year-old India-born CEO Sundar Pichai received nearly USD 200 million in compensation last year, double the amount he got in 2015. Pichai received a salary of USD 650,000 last year, slightly less than the USD 652,500 he earned in 2015. But the long-time Google employee, who was named CEO during the company's re-organisation in August 2015, received a stock award of USD 198.7 million in 2016, roughly double his 2015 stock award of USD 99.8 million. The company's compensation committee attributed the lavish pay to Pichai's promotion to CEO and "numerous successful product launches", the CNN reported. Larry Page, Google's co-founder and previous CEO, shifted his focus to growing new businesses under the Alphabet umbrella. Under Pichai, Google has boosted sales from ...

When Google CEO Sundar Pichai Thought “Abey Saale” Was Friendly Greeting

5Jan By AdityaNo Comments

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When Google CEO Sundar Pichai Thought “Abey Saale” Was Friendly Greeting

Abey Saale is how Googles tactful and tactical chief executive Sundar Pichai had yelled out to a friend across the mess at his alma mater, IIT- Kharagpur more than two-and-half-decades back thinking its a way of greeting people. Chennai-born Pichai, who returned to his alma mater after 23 years, said his comment led to "temporarily" shutting down of the mess. "I came from Chennai. I learnt Hindi in school but I never spoke it much. So, just listening to how people are speaking, I just thought you address people this way. So one day, there was someone in the mess and I had to call him. I called him Abey Saale," he reminisced to an audience of over 3,000 people. "In the first couple of weeks, I thought you call people that way. Next thing I know is the folks in the mess were quite u...

Sundar Pichai Announced Google Digital Unloack Initiatives For Small, Medium Business

4Jan By AnkitaNo Comments

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Sundar Pichai Announced Google Digital Unloack Initiatives For Small, Medium Business

Technology giant Google today announced a slew of initiatives, including a new app Primer and training modules under its My Business offering, as it looks to further tap the 51-million strong small and medium businesses (SMB) market in India. Making the announcements, Google's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is working on products for India that can be expanded globally. "When we solve for a place like India, we solve for everyone around the world. That has led us to grow our team here and spend more time and ensure the products are useful for everyone," he said. Google's My Business will help small businesses set up website from their mobile devices and all they need is a smart phone and a few minutes, he said. The company has also launched Digital Unlocked, an educati...

Crackdown on Immigration could affect Google’s Future Plans- Sundar Pichai

16Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Crackdown on Immigration could affect Google’s Future Plans- Sundar Pichai

Google's Indian-origin chief Sundar Pichai today said the global tech giant remains committed to Britain and will go ahead with a new one-billion-pound London headquarters that will create 3,000 jobs by 2020, but warned that post-Brexit crackdown on immigration could affect future plans. "Here in the UK, it's clear to me that computer science has a great future with the talent, educational institutions, and passion for innovation we see all around us," he told BBC during his first visit to the UK as Google's chief executive. "We are committed to the UK and excited to continue our investment in our new King's Cross campus," he said. Pichai's remarks will be a big boost to British economy after the June referendum in favour of the UK leaving the 28-member European Union. But Pichai did...

Sundar Pichai Led Google Spends $3.2 Million on Television Ads of “Pixel Smartphone”

8Oct By PriyankaNo Comments

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Sundar Pichai Led Google Spends $3.2 Million on Television Ads of “Pixel Smartphone”

Search Engine giants Google's spends $3.2 Million in television ads in two days since it announced the upcoming launch of "Pixel" smartphone. The strategy of Google is to put Pixel in direct competition with the two dominant smartphone makers Apple & Samsung. One of Google ad executives expect Google will spend hundreds of millions more to keep up with rivals. While Google's brand is known around the world, and its Android operating system powers most of the world's smartphones, including Samsung's, it is not known as a consumer goods maker. It has made forays, such as the Chromecast streaming player, but not of this size. Many experts are saying that "This is the first time they are in the position of selling themselves to people, as opposed to selling themselves to brands". ...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Quora Account Hacked

27Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Quora Account Hacked

Google CEO Sundar Pichai's Quora account has been hacked by the same group which previously broke into Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts, according to a media report today. The hacker group called OurMine Team has been posting messages on Quora through Pichais account. The breach of his account became apparent when tweets linking to his Quora posts appeared on his official Twitter account yesterday. The Indian-born Google CEOs has 508,000 followers. The hacker group initially wrote, hacked using his account. "Hey its OurMine, we are just testing your security, please visit OurMine to upgrade it," it said in later posts, The Verge reported. Pichai or perhaps his team, however regained control of the Quora account soon, and the tweets were deleted within fe...

Meet Google New Army – ‘Google Assistant’, ‘Google Home’, ‘Allo’ ‘Duo’ And Android N

20May By PriyankaNo Comments

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Meet Google New Army – ‘Google Assistant’, ‘Google Home’, ‘Allo’ ‘Duo’ And Android N

Internet giant Google's Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has announced several new features like 'Google Assistant', 'Google Home', a new messaging app called 'Allo' and video calling feature 'Duo' at the ongoing I/O (input/output and 'Innovation in the Open') conference in Mountain View, California. 'Google Assistant' helps one with performing daily tasks like booking movie tickets and 'Google Home' is a voice-activated product that lets users enjoy entertainment, manage everyday tasks and get answers from Google. "It makes it easy to buy movie tickets while on the go, to find that perfect restaurant for your family to grab a quick bite before the movie starts, and then help you navigate to the theater. It's a Google for you, by you," Pichai wrote in a blog post. "The Assistant is an am...

Sundar Pichai Received $100.5 million (Rs. 667 crores) Pay Package in 2015

30Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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Sundar Pichai Received $100.5 million (Rs. 667 crores) Pay Package in 2015

According to the report in Bloomberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai received a $100.5 million (roughly Rs. 667 crores) pay package in 2015. The salary mentioned in filing from parent company Alphabet on Tuesday. Pichai received $99.8 million in restricted stock that will vest in full by 2017. He also received a $652,500 salary. The stock award hasn't previously been disclosed in filings. The former co-founder of Google Larry Page awarded restricted shares valued at $199 million (roughly Rs. 1,321 crores), the largest grant ever given to a Google executive officer whose pay has to be reported in filings. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt received $8.04 million (roughly Rs. 53 crores) for 2015, including a $1.25 million salary and $6 million (roughly Rs. 39 crores) cash bonus. Chief Finan...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Heading to Brussels For Antitrust Talks: Source

21Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Heading to Brussels For Antitrust Talks: Source

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Google chief executive Sundar Pichai will meet next week in Brussels with the European Union's competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday. European competition officials have been investigating the US tech giant for years over alleged monopolistic practices involving its search engines, but any resolution has been elusive. Three successive proposals by Google for an amicable settlement have been rejected. Vestager last year sent a "statement of objections," saying Google had diverted traffic from rival price-comparison services like Kelkoo, which operates in several European countries, to favor its own comparison shopping service. Google responded in late August that Brussels's findings were "wrong," and bas...

Google CEO Pichai Receives Stock Grant Worth About $199 Million

9Feb By reutersNo Comments

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Google CEO Pichai Receives Stock Grant Worth About $199 Million

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received restricted stock worth about $199 million, according to a regulatory filing by Google parent company Alphabet Inc. Pichai, who took over in August, received a grant for 273,328 Class C Google stock units on February 3. The valuation is based on the stock's closing price on that date. On the same day, Pichai sold 375 Class A common shares at a price of $786.28 each, and 3,625 Class C capital stock at a price of $768.84 each, the filing said.

Sundar Pichai Announced Date and Venue For Google I/O 2016

13Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Sundar Pichai Announced Date and Venue For Google I/O 2016

Sundar Pichai, CEO Google, has revealed the date and venue for the company's annual developer event Google I/O 2016. The event will be held in Mountain View, California on May 18 through May 20 later this year. The company's decision to hold the event in its own backyard certainly could be seen as the new beginning for the company, which announced a major reshuffle last year, creating a holding company, Alphabet Inc Pichai shared the news on social media, I/O'16 coming to neighborhood where it all started 10 yrs ago: Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, May 18-20. More details soon. #io16 — sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) January 12, 2016 Google is expected to introduce Android N and showcase some of its features at Google I/O 2016. One feature that everyone is ta...

Book Review- “Pichai: The Future of Google”

10Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Book Review- “Pichai: The Future of Google”

(IANS) - Title: Pichai: The Future of Google; Author: Jagmohan S. Bhanver; Publisher: Hachette India; Pages: 164; Price: Rs.199 Sundar Pichai has become a household name in India. He has become an inspirational figure for young dynamic Indians. This book takes us through the journey of the man from a self-driven school boy to the chief executive of search engine giant Google, a position he assumed last August. Born on July 12, 1972, in Madurai, Sundar Pichai's childhood was spent in Chennai. His father was employed as a senior engineer with a British multinational that made switch gears. His mother gave up her job after Sundar and his brother were born. The Pichai's' simple lifestyle helped keep the children grounded. The author, Jagmohan S. Bhanver, who has worked with three of t...