On Sundar Pichai's Birthday, 5 Little-Known Facts About The Google CEO

Sundar Pichai was born on June 10, 1972, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu

The name Sundar Pichai needs little to no introduction. The CEO of tech giant Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc is a fitting example of the saying “the road to success can be found only through hard work”. Mr Pichai's journey from modest beginnings to one of the world's most successful professionals under the age of 50 is truly inspirational. His full name is Pichai Sundararajan but is popularly known as Sundar Pichai. He was born and raised in a middle-class household by his father Raghunath Pichai, who was an electrical engineer at General Electric Company (GEC), and his mother Lakshmi, who was a stenographer. Here are 5 little-known facts about Mr. Pichai: 1) He has multiple degrees Mr Pichai studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, where he received a Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) degree. After moving to the United States, he obtained a Master of Science degree from Stanford University and went on to attain an MBA from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.