


In 2010, Pichai also announced the open-sourcing of the new video codec VP8 by Google and introduced the new video format, WebM. In addition, he went on to oversee the development of other applications such as Gmail and Google Maps. Following a short stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004, where he led the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google's client software products, including Google Chrome and ChromeOS, as well as being largely responsible for Google Drive. Pichai began his career as a materials engineer. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. Pichai Sundararajan (born J ), better known as Sundar Pichai ( / ˈ s ʊ n d ɑːr p ɪ ˈ tʃ aɪ/), is an Indian-American business executive.
