Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai has been appointed to the board of directors of Alphabet, the search giant’s parent company has said.
“Sundar has been doing a great job as Google’s CEO, driving strong growth, partnerships, and tremendous product innovation. I really enjoy working with him and I am excited that he is joining the Alphabet board,” larry Page, CEO of California-based US multinational conglomerate Alphabet, said in a statement yesterday.
A long-time Google employee, 45-year-old Pichai, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus born in Chennai, has been leading the company for the past two years.
Pichai, whose appointment became effective on July 19, joins four other Alphabet officers Page, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt and Diane Greene on the 13-member Board.