Google's Sundar Pichai named CEO at parent firm AlphabetGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai, seen at the Google I/O 2019 in May, will become chief executive at the tech firm's parent Alphabet. SAN FRANCISCO: 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. 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. 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. Last December, Pichai kept calm as he parried US lawmakers over complaints of political bias and intrusive data collection.

Source: Bangkok Post December 03, 2019 23:03 UTC