{"id":40649,"date":"2024-05-02T01:15:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/google-ceo-pichai-nears-billionaire-status-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T01:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:15:04","slug":"google-ceo-pichai-nears-billionaire-status-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/google-ceo-pichai-nears-billionaire-status-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Google CEO Pichai nears billionaire status &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-109766797,width-600,resizemode-4\/109766797.jpg?resize=600,278&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Google CEO Pichai nears billionaire status &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Google CEO Pichai nears billionaire status &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>Alphabet CEO <!-- -->Sundar Pichai<!-- --> is on the cusp of achieving a rare milestone for a non-founder <!-- -->tech executive<!-- -->: a 10-figure <!-- -->fortune<!-- -->.<br \/>Since Pichai, 51, became CEO of <!-- -->Google<!-- --> in 2015, the <!-- -->stock<!-- --> has surged more than 400%, significantly outperforming the S&amp; and Nasdaq over the same period. It hit a fresh record on Friday after the company\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That rally, alongside hefty stock awards that have made him one of the world\u2019s highest-paid executives, has boosted Pichai\u2019s fortune to nearly $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.<br \/>Pichai was selected in 2015 by co-founder <!-- -->Larry Page<!-- --> to be Google\u2019s CEO, while Page became CEO of newly-formed holding company Alphabet. Pichai took over that role as well in 2019 when Page and co-founder Sergey Brin \u2014 two of the 10 richest people in the world, according to Bloomberg\u2019s wealth index \u2014 stepped back from day-to-day management.<br \/>In his time as CEO, Pichai has overseen a major expansion of the company\u2019s product line with the addition of Google Assistant, Google Home, Google Pixel, Google Workspace and more. He was also an early adopter of AI, calling it a \u201conce-in-a-generation opportunity\u201d.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/international-business\/google-ceo-pichai-nears-billionaire-status\/articleshow\/109766805.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alphabet CEO 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&amp; and Nasdaq over the same period. 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