Regunatha Pichai’s the dad of Sundar Pichai and husband of Lakshmi Pichai. Anjali Pichai, who is also a chemical engineer, is their daughter-in-law married to Sundar Pichai. Regunatha is a proud grandfather of two grandchildren.
Early Life
Regunatha was raised in a middle-class household in Ashok Nagar, Chennai, where they lived in a two-room house. Regunatha was the manager of an electrical component manufacturing plant and worked for GEC, a British conglomerate, as an electrical engineer.
Family Life
Regunatha and his wife, Lakshmi Pichai, have two boys together. Sundar Pichai is his older son, while Srinivasan Pichai is his younger son. They both were from middle-class families. Sundar is known for being the brain behind the creation of the Chrome browser in 2008. He was the key in persuading his superiors at Google to create the browser, which went on to become the most famous browser in internet history. Both Srinivasan and Sundar had made a name for themselves in academia. Srinivasan, by the way, is also an IIT alumnus.
Son’s Achievements
Sundar became famous after Google Chrome was released in 2008. Chrome soon surpassed competitors such as Firefox and Internet Explorer to become the world’s most popular browser. In addition, he has also created the Android mobile operating system.
He has also played a key role in the development of Google search products such as the Google Toolbar, Google Pack, Firefox extensions, and several Google apps such as Gmail, Google Maps, and Mac products. After Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, he is Google’s third and first non-white CEO.
Love Story Of Sundar
Sundar and Anjali had a happy marriage. The two met at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur, as undergraduates. Sundar was pursuing a degree in Metallurgical Engineering at the time while Anjali was a classmate from the same batch as him. They were only buddies at the time. The duo cherished each other’s company and friendship.
They discovered their bond was more than friendship by spending more quality time with each other. Sundar disclosed his feelings to Anjali while they were both in their final year of engineering, and she accepted. Sundar described how difficult it was to communicate with her without a smartphone when he used to call her from Sarojini Naidu Hall, the college’s lone female hostel.
Sundar described how difficult it was to communicate with her without a smartphone as he used to call her from Sarojini Naidu Hall, the college’s only female hostel. He left for higher study in the United States when their college was completed. The two were unable to communicate with each other more frequently due to the great distance between them. They also went six months without speaking in the midway. Anjali jumped on board and went to the United States after she was offered a job there.
Sundar secured a job at a semiconductor company and then asked Anjali’s parents for permission to marry her. Soon, the couple married and are proud parents of two siblings.
Conclusion
Regunatha Pichai’s net worth has not been estimated yet while Sundar Pichai, his son, has a net worth of $600 million. Since 2015, his annual pay has been US$6.5 million, which eventually increased to approximately US$2 Million since 2018.