Sundar Pichai Announces Major Leadership Changes at Google. Click for details
Sundar Pichai Announces Major Leadership Changes at Google. Click for details
In a memo shared with employees and later made public, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Prabhakar Raghavan, who has been at the helm of the search division for several years, will move into the position of Chief Technologist.
The company is also restructuring its research and development departments in conjunction with these leadership adjustments. Sissie Hsaio will lead the Gemini App team, which is poised to integrate with Google DeepMind, the organization’s AI research division.
“Prabhakar has decided it’s time to make a big leap in his own career. After 12 years leading teams across Google, he’ll return to his computer science roots and take on the role of Chief Technologist, Google. In this role, he’ll partner closely with me and Google leads to provide technical direction and leadership and grow our culture of tech excellence,” says Pichai.
Google has appointed Nick Fox as the successor to Raghavan, selecting an experienced leader from the company’s search and advertising sector.
Fox has played a crucial role in developing significant products like Google Fi and RCS messaging. He will now oversee Google’s operations in search, advertising, geo, and commerce.
“Prabhakar’s leadership journey at Google has been remarkable, spanning Research, Workspace, Ads, and K&I. He led the Gmail team in launching Smart Reply and Smart Compose as early examples of using AI to improve products and took Gmail and Drive past 1 billion users. Across K&I, Prabhakar and team have achieved significant growth and innovation: from launching AI Overviews, a groundbreaking advancement in Search that benefits hundreds of millions of users worldwide to introducing new search modalities like Circle to Search, video understanding, and “shop what you see” in Lens — all while improving core Search functionality. Maps and Shopping have transformed with AI-driven features like immersive views and virtual try-ons. And in Ads, we’ve made real progress with AI-powered ad formats and streamlined campaign management, while continuing to innovate with Performance Max to empower millions of businesses. I’m so grateful to Prabhakar for the strong foundation and leadership bench he’s built across K&I,” says Pichai.
Considering these developments, it is generally believed that its parent company, Alphabet, is also expected to experience some transformations.
