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Sundar Pichai joined Google in 2004 and led the development of the Chrome browser and later oversaw Android.
Sundar Pichai became CEO of Alphabet in 2019. (Photo credits: X)
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has entered the billionaire club as the company’s shares hit record highs following a strong earnings report. The Indian-origin executive has spent years leading the tech giant through major growth phases, which also include its recent AI push.
As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Pichai’s net worth now stands at $1.1 billion. It is a rare milestone for someone who isn’t a founder of the company.
Alphabet Adds Over $1 Trillion In Value
Alphabet has added more than $1 trillion in market value since early 2023. As per Bloomberg, the company has delivered a 120 per cent return to investors in that time. This sharp growth comes amid strong investor confidence in Alphabet’s AI-powered future.
Shares jumped 4.1 per cent after Alphabet’s second-quarter earnings beat expectations. The company also raised its 2025 capital expenditure forecast by $10 billion. It now stands at $85 billion, most of which will go into AI infrastructure.
“Our AI infrastructure investments are crucial to meeting the growth in demand for cloud customers,” Sundar Pichai said during Alphabet’s Q2 earnings call, as quoted by Livemint.
Sundar Pichai’s Stake
While Pichai holds only a 0.02 per cent economic stake in Alphabet, which is currently worth around $440 million, most of his net worth is in cash, Bloomberg reported. Over the past 10 years, he has sold Alphabet shares worth more than $650 million.
Bloomberg notes that if Sundar Pichai had held onto all his shares, they would be valued at more than $2.5 billion today.
Pichai’s Decade-Long Leadership
Pichai will complete 10 years as Google’s CEO in August, making him the company’s longest-serving chief. He became CEO of Alphabet in 2019 following a corporate restructuring.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) after the earnings update, he wrote, “Just got off the earnings call – great quarter and it was our (and my) 40th call as Alphabet. August will mark 10 years since we announced Alphabet. Been thinking about the incredible growth in our new businesses since then – Cloud, YouTube, Play, Subscriptions etc. To give a sense of progress, in 2015 all of Alphabet’s revenue added up to $75B. YouTube and Cloud alone ended 2024 at an annual run rate of $110B.”
Just got off the earnings call – great quarter and it was our (and my) 40th call as Alphabet. August will mark 10 years since we announced Alphabet. Been thinking about the incredible growth in our new businesses since then – Cloud, YouTube, Play, Subscriptions etc. To give a…
– Sundar pichai (@sundarpichai) July 23, 2025
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called the milestone “impressive,” to which Sundar Pichai responded with a folded hands emoji.
From Tamil Nadu To Silicon Valley
Sundar Pichai’s journey began in Tamil Nadu, where his family lived in a two-room apartment. They didn’t own a car, and their first telephone came when he was 12. In 1993, he earned a scholarship to Stanford. The one-way ticket to California reportedly cost over $1,000, which was more than his father’s annual salary.
He joined Google in 2004 and led the development of the Chrome browser and later oversaw Android.
Alphabet’s investments in AI have grown sharply under Pichai. As Bloomberg reported, the company spent nearly $50 billion in 2023 alone on AI-related areas like data centres, semiconductors and energy capacity. Alphabet also acquired DeepMind in 2014 for $400 million.
Personal Investments Beyond Tech
Outside of tech, Pichai has also made moves in the sports world. As per reports, he is part of a group of tech executives that bought a 49 per cent stake in the London Spirit cricket team for $182 million. The team competes in The Hundred, a cricket league launched in the UK in 2020.
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