Google’s Sundar Pichai named CEO at parent firm Alphabet

[Sultan Mahmud Sujon]

GOOGLE chief executive Sundar Pichai will assume the CEO role at parent firm Alphabet in a shakeup at the top of the Silicon Valley titan, the company said Tuesday.

Pichai will take over from Larry Page, a co-founder of the internet giant, at the holding firm which includes Google as well as units focusing on  “other bets” in areas including self-driving cars and life sciences.

Page and Google co-founder Sergey Brin  “will continue their involvement as co-founders, shareholders and members of Alphabet’s board of directors,” the company said.

In a letter to employees, Page and Brin wrote:  “We’ve never been ones to hold on to management roles when we think there’s a better way to run the company.” They added that Pichai  “brings humility and a deep passion for technology to our users, partners and our employees every day” and that there is  “no better person to lead Google and Alphabet into the future.” Alphabet was formed in 2015, giving a separate identity to the original company Google and other projects such as autonomous car unit Waymo and smart cities group Sidewalk Labs.


Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/googles-sundar-pichai-named-ceo-parent-firm-alphabet-1835836