🔰"The End of an Era: Sundar Pichai's Final Chapter as CEO?"

You must be aware of Google's CEO Sundar Pichai But do you know that according to a report, Google is going to show him the way out? But what did Sundar Pichai do that Google is going to take such a big step? And the biggest question is who will be Google's next CEO? So let's try to find out in detail. Friends, since Sundar Pichai has taken over Google's command, its revenue has shown a next level growth. In 2015, Sundar Pichai became Google's CEO and at that time its revenue was around $74 billion, which has increased to $305 billion in 2023. In 2015, where its stock price was between $26 to $37, it has now reached around $149. Then the question arises that even after generating so much profit, why is Sundar Pichai being asked to leave the company? And why is there pressure on him to leave the company himself? And do you know who wants to remove him from the company? The same investors who have made manifold profits because of Sundar Pichai. And this is quite shocking. So before knowing this whole matter, we will have to understand why Sundar Pichai became Google's CEO. Did he really have some special talent or was there something else behind it? Sundar Pichai's career began as an engineer and product manager in a semiconductor manufacturing company in Silicon Valley. After this, he started working in McKinsey & Company as a consultant. And then comes 2004, from where his journey in Google begins. He started working as a vice president for Google Toolbar Management Product. During this time, he felt that Google's toolbar was moving towards its end. And in the future, people will stop using it after the change in tech innovation. In this way, he convinced Google's co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page that why don't we develop our own separate browser. Which is more user-friendly than other browsers available in the market. After Sundar Pichai's idea, Google Chrome was launched in 2008. Which saw massive success. And after some time, leaving aside browsers like Firefox and Internet Explorer, it became the number one browser in the Chrome world. But is this the whole truth? Not at all. It can't be that simple. Actually, this story is told from Sundar Pichai's side. Whereas the story from the other side is very different. The amazing thing is that Sundar Pichai's contribution had nothing to do with becoming their CEO. So on what basis was he given such a big position? Friends, there is so much twist in this story that a whole movie can be made on it. To understand this whole story, let's go back a little. When Google hired Sundar Pichai. Before Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO was Eric Smith. Who was neither the founder of this company nor did he ever work for Google. But still, he was given a big role like a CEO. Do you know why? Because the company's shareholders wanted Eric Smith to keep the founders of Google in control. But the co-founder felt that he understood Google better. And to prove this, he always kept doing something new in Google. One of these attempts was Gmail, which was launched on 1st April 2004. And very few of you would know that Sundar Pichai had an interview in Google on the same day. Larry and Sergey wanted to prove to the world that Google can be much bigger than a search engine. And Gmail was their first attempt in the mission. After this, they acquired Android, YouTube and Google Maps. But many times it happened that Larry and Sergey did not even let Eric know about this acquisition. Anyway, all these acquisitions were very rare and the company made a lot of profit from them. Also, these two co-founders believed that it would be a better opportunity for them to enter the browser market. Because through this, they can give more priorities to Google's services and products in their browser. Like when people are using their browser, they are also using other products like Google Meet, Doc or Sheet. In the same way, Google could easily promote its ecosystem through its browser. However, Eric Smith did not agree with this idea. Because in the browser market, Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox were already in control. In such a situation, they needed a lot of resources to compete. And there was no guarantee that this product of the company would be successful or not. Apart from this, Eric believed that apart from diversifying in different markets, Google should focus on its core business. Because of these thoughts, Eric stopped Larry and Sergey for many years. That is, it is not at all that Larry and Sergey launched Chrome because Sundar Pichai gave them the idea. In fact, for many years, they themselves were dreaming about it. But they did not have the permission to work on this project. And neither was there a person who could be considered the best for this project. In such a situation, when Sundar Pichai talked about Google browser in front of the founder, he saw a ray of hope in the dark. He told Sundar Pichai to make a team and start working on it immediately. But keep in mind that Eric should not know about this at all. In this way, Google Chrome was launched with the help of Sundar Pichai. Which proved to be a very big hit in the market. And within just 3 to 4 years, it became the most used browser, behind its biggest competitors Firefox and Internet Explorer. In 2009, Internet Explorer's market share was around 55%. Firefox's market share was 31.56%. And Chrome's market share was 5%. But today, Firefox's market share is 5.1%. Internet Explorer's market share is 8%. While Chrome's market share is 63%. Developing Chrome in this way proved to be very beneficial for this company. Apart from this, Larry and Sergey made many products that gained a lot of popularity. Coincidentally, there were many products that Eric had been opposing for many years. After this, questions began to arise about Eric's decisions. And it was believed that only his founders could make the right decision for Google. After this, when the internal pressure began to increase, Eric had to resign from the CEO position. And this company again came under the control of Larry and Sergey. After this, Larry Page started taking over the position of Google's CEO. Because friends, this is not the end of the story. Because there were many conditions that could have completely ruined the company. And that's why, instead of Larry, a person is suddenly made who never came in the CEO's race. And maybe no one would have imagined that that person would be Sundar Pichai. But friends, the question arises that after Eric's departure, what happened that Larry had to be replaced by Sundar Pichai. Actually, Larry was very tech-enthusiastic. That's why when he became the company's CEO, he started working on Google's self-driving car and Google Glass. Larry Page wanted to convert Google to a workplace where people would always research on new and futuristic ideas. This means that it should not be a traditional workspace, but an island full of scientists. But the investors were not happy about all this. Because they believed that Larry was trapped in these big dreams and was not paying attention to the small important things. By focusing on them, he can grow the company even more. In this way, they started seeing Larry as a billionaire founder instead of a smart leader with big dreams. Which was not clear about what is right for the company at this time and what should he focus more on. Anyway, the process of making plans between the founder and the investor will continue. But suddenly Larry lost his voice. Actually, from the beginning of 2000, Larry was suffering from his vocal cord paralysis. He had to face a lot of trouble while speaking. Things were going on, but during 2010, this problem suddenly increased. After that, he was not even able to share his ideas, attend shareholders' meetings, or give a presentation. Friends, this is a clear proof that even though you have billions of dollars, you can never solve some things in life. Now, a big company like Google could not be run like this. That's why it was time to give Larry's position to someone else. And luckily, Google had two co-founders. In this situation, Sergey took the responsibility of Google in his hands and solved all the problems. And it should have happened. But actually, nothing happened. Because Sergey was caught in an extramarital affair with the marketing director of Google Glass. After that, he had a lot of problems in his personal life. Sergey had to face a lot of defamation. And his relations with Larry Page also got ruined. Even they stopped talking to each other. And now Google was looking for a visionary executive as soon as possible, who could sit on the CEO's chair and take care of his empire. But for this position, Google didn't have many options left. The first was Alex Smith, who thought that a great idea like Chrome was useless. The second was Larry Page, who had to leave the position of CEO due to vocal call paralysis. The third was Sergey Brin, who became famous all over the world for his affair. And the fourth was Andy Rubin, who is the founder of Android. In this situation, it seemed that Google was going to make him its next CEO. But Andy Rubin has been accused of a very serious sexual misconduct. Because of this, Google gave him an exit package of 90 million and showed him the way out of the company. Actually, Google didn't want to ruin its name because of these cases. And in the same way, Sundar Pichai's hands were finally handed over to Google. Now there was no doubt that Sundar Pichai worked hard and achieved a great achievement. But the thing that really made him win was the situation. In other words, we can call it luck. And in this way, on August 11, 2015, he became the CEO of Google. And a few years later, he was promoted and made the CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet. And from here, his weak performance also began to shine. Now let's see, Sundar Pichai did what he was hired for. For example, he kept the company away from controversies. After coming into his hands, the company's revenue increased by 4 times. And the net income increased by 5 times. And along with that, the stock price also started to touch the sky. So what was the problem? Friends, the biggest problem is that the growth is only visible in Google's balance sheet profit and revenue. Whereas it has turned its back on innovation. Think for yourself that you know about a successful product of Google, which Sundar Pichai launched after becoming the CEO. As far as I am concerned, I consider Google Pixel to be its biggest launch. In terms of features, performance and value, no doubt it is a good phone. But the better this phone is, the worse its sales and marketing is. Because of this, its market share is only 4.6%. Whereas in India, its market share is less than 0.2%. The investor did not have a problem with all these things. It all started when OpenAI introduced ChatGPT on 30th November 2022. After which the investor wanted Google to push OpenAI in terms of AI innovation. Which was supported by Microsoft. But it is obvious that it was not such an easy project. And when the deadline was so close, Sundar Pichai still tried. And only after 4 months, in March 2023, he launched his AI Google bar against ChatGPT. But AI proved to be a bad move for Google. Because people started thinking that this is just a copy of ChatGPT. This made things more difficult for the company. When Google organized an event for its launch. In this, the company released a GFX ad. In which a person asked Bard a question. After which Google got a lot of criticism. The question was, which new discovery of James Webb Solar Space can I tell my 9-year-old child about? In response to this question, Bard gave two answers. Because according to Bard, with the help of this telescope, a picture was taken outside our solar system before any planet. However, according to NASA, in 2004, European Advanced Telescope had taken a picture of a planet outside the solar system. After this wrong answer, questions began to arise on Bard AI. Then what happened? The company's share prices started to fall rapidly. And Google's market value decreased by $100 billion. After this criticism, Sundar Pichai started to make Bard more versatile to correct the company's mistakes. He made many improvements to it. Later, in the name of improved version, he changed it to Google Gemini from Bard. So the question is, did he save Google's reputation? The answer is not at all. In fact, what was left, Gemini also did the work of mixing it in the soil. Because after this, this company fell into more and more controversies. Actually, a user asked Gemini to generate an image of George Washington. But the image he generated of Washington darkened his skin tone. While in reality, he has a fair skin tone. For this, when he was asked to generate a pop photo from Gemini, he generated an image of a male and a female, whose skin tone was also dark. Again, the image of English kings, Vikings, and even Nazi soldiers was also generated with a darker skin tone. Similarly, when the controversy started to increase, Google presented its clarification and said that they are trying to fix these things. Although later they had to stop the text-to-image features. But even after this, he did not leave the controversy behind. Because in the meantime, there was a big controversy with Gemini, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Actually, Gemini called PM Modi a fascist. After which Google was sent a notice and asked for an answer. On this, Google clarified that Gemini is not always reliable to answer all the prompts. Due to such continuous controversies, the market cap of Alphabet decreased from 1.798 trillion to 1.702 trillion dollars. As a result, they had to bear a loss of 96.9 billion dollars. It is obvious that such a loss will not be liked by investors at all. And it happened just like that. After which investors wanted Sundar Pichai to be removed from the CEO position. On the other hand, Sargi has also come out of the affair and drama. Which might not be a positive sign for Sundar Pichai. Because Sargi has always learned to work in the shadow of Larry. In this case, it is possible that this time he will try to take full control of the company as a CEO. Now what happens next in Google and who does the investor choose to make the CEO? This will be a matter to be seen. 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