$281 million: Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai’s compensation in 2019
Sundar Pichai, CEO of the US tech giant Alphabet, received a total compnsation of $ 281 million or Rs 2,144.53 crore in 2019. IIT Kharagpur alumni Sundar Pichai is among the highest paid officials in the world. Alphabet has informed that this year his salary will increase by $ 2 million (Rs 15.26 crore) this year. Pichai’s salary is 1085 times the average total salary of Alphabet employees. Sunder Pichai was born in 1972 in Chennai, India.
The majority of Pichai’s package of this package is in stocks, some of which will be paid based on Alphabet’s stock returns compared to other companies in the US stock market index S&P 100 index. If we look at this according to this, then his pay could be higher or lower depending on the market. In 2019, Pichai’s salary was $ 650,000, which is about 5 crores.
Pichai was elected CEO of the company following the resignations of Alphabet’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Pichai is also CEO of Google in addition to its parent company Alphabet. Recently Sundar Pichai donated 5 crore to non-profit firm Give India. Earlier, Google also donated Rs 5 crore to the online donation platform. Pichai received a Bachelor’s degree from IIT Kharagpur, followed by an MS degree from Stanford University in the US and then an MBA from Worton University. In 2004, he was associated with Google as a product and innovation officer.
