In the Top 5% of 1338 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
In the Top 15% of 908 Nearby Companies in San Francisco
2nd place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably
Mr. Sundar Pichai has been the Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc., since October 02, 2015. Mr. Pichai leads the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google's search and consumer products, including iGoogle, Google Toolbar, Desktop Search and Gadgets, Google Pack and Gears. He has more than 15 years of experience developing high-tech consumer and enterprise products. Mr. Pichai served as Senior Vice President of Products at Google Inc. (currently known as Alphabet Inc.) from October 2014 to October 2, 2015. He served as Senior Vice President of Android, Chrome & Apps at Google Inc. from March 2013 to October 2014. Mr. Pichai served as the Head of Android Mobile Software Division at Google Inc. since March 2013. He served as the Head of the Chrome Browser & Computer Operating System at Google Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of Chrome at Google Inc. from April 2011 to March 2013. He served as Vice President of Product Management at Google Inc. He joined Google in 2004. Prior to Google, he served various engineering and product management positions at Applied Materials and served as Management Consultant of McKinsey & Company, Inc. for a variety of software and semiconductor clients. He has been a Director of Alphabet Inc. since July 2017. He served as a Director of Jive Software, Inc. from March 2011 to July 30, 2013. He served as a Member of Board of Advisors at Ruba, Inc. He was awarded an Institute Silver Medal. He was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar at the Wharton School. Mr. Pichai received a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology. He holds an M.S. in Engineering and Materials Science from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School.
The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Google.
Based on 4354 ratings, Sundar Pichai ranks right below Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella.
Google's CEO is highly regarded by the HR department, the Communications department, and the Marketing department. However, Non-Binary employees, Native American employees, and the Customer Success department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.
Google ranks in the Top 5% of other companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees for CEO Rating Score.
Google ranks in the Top 15% of other companies in San Francisco for CEO Rating Score.