He’s the brain behind Google incredible exploit and the one in charge of world most widely used operating system Android.

What drew my attention to him was, Pichai has an unusual gift that seemed little more than a curiosity to him when he was a child, but has served him incredibly well in adulthood: he has insane numerical recall and can remember every number he’s ever dialed.

I was eager to know more about him.

Things you may like to know about him :

He grew up without many modern conveniences
Sundar Pichai doesn’t need to worry about money because he has more than he can possibly spend, but this wasn’t the case as he was growing up. Sundar was born in Madurai, India in 1972. His family did not even have a telephone until he reached the age of 12. He definitely understands the value of a dollar and he knows how to bring them in one after another. There were four in his family and they shared a two room apartment without a television and Sundar and his brother slept in the living room. They didn’t own a car and used a blue scooter to get around when they weren’t taking a crowded bus.

Some might think you need to do computer science before you can go into the computer technology field but they are wrong and Sundar Pichai has proved it.
Pichai earned his degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in Metallurgical Engineering . He holds an M.S. from Stanford University in Material Sciences and Engineering, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Pichai’s father told Bloomberg he believes that talking to young Sundar about the challenges in his work as an electrical engineer led to his son’s interest in technology.

Sundar Pichai was with Google early in the game Pichai did end up taking a chance by joining the Google team. He did so before the company even went public. It may have been a gamble, but it was certainly a good one. The company soared to astronomical heights, but they realize that a part of their amazing success is credited to the brilliance of Sundar Pichai and his consistent contributions to the growth of the company.

Google gave Sundar a pay raise to keep him Google values the work that Pichai does for them so highly that they gave him a dramatic pay increase so he wouldn’t leave. Twitter made an attempt to lure him away from Google with an enticing offer, but Sundar’s employers were not about to let him go.

When he was almost lured away to Microsoft, Google reportedly
negotiated desperately to retain Pichai for $50 million a year in stocks.

In 2013, Pichai took over Android founder Andy Rubin’s portfolio to run mobile platforms. He was also entrusted with wooing more than a billion global users to the Android ecosystem.

Android One,” Pichai’s pet project designed to provide affordable smartphones in all households worldwide, launched in India in September 2014.

Though he was just appointed CEO of Google, Pichai has effectively been responsible for day-to-day operations at Google since October 2014.