Google CEO Sundar Pichai on when he found ‘the calmest place in the world’; says: I became possessed by …

Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google in October 2015, and later took charge of its parent company, Alphabet, in December 2019. Known for his calm and understated leadership style, Pichai is one of those rare executives who lets results speak louder than words. What many people do not know is that Google Chrome, which is now the world’s most widely used browser by market share, was his brainchild. His quiet, methodical approach to building things has defined his career, including his approach of announcing Google as an AI-first company back in 2016. In a recent conversation, he shared the moment he felt it most clearly.

According to an interview in Time Magazine, years ago, during a family vacation in Hawaii, Pichai found himself battling rough, pummeling waves while attempting to scuba dive.