Google CEO Sundar Pichai Nears Billionaire Status Amid AI Boom
NDTV
Mr Pichai's humility and ability to build consensus emerged early on, said Keval Desai, who worked with him during his first years at Google.
Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai is on the cusp of achieving a rare milestone for a non-founder tech executive: a 10-figure fortune.
Since Pichai, 51, became CEO of Google in 2015, the stock has surged more than 400%, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq over the same period. It hit a fresh record Friday after the company's first-quarter earnings beat expectations, boosted by AI-driven growth in its cloud computing unit. It also introduced a dividend for the first time in its history.
That rally, alongside hefty stock awards that have made him one of the world's highest-paid executives, has boosted Pichai's fortune to nearly $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
