Google CTO Package; Who Is Prabhakar Raghavan | Larry Page | Prabhakar Raghavan becomes the new CTO of Google: He had the blueprint of a company like Google before Larry Page, annual package of ₹ 300 crores

Google is moving rapidly in the field of AI and is restructuring the team. Raghavan's appointment is part of this exercise. (file photo)

Google has made a big change in leadership. Prabhakar Raghavan of Indian origin has become the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the company. Google is moving rapidly in the field of AI and is restructuring the team. Raghavan's appointment is part of this exercise. In this field, Google is facing competition from big tech giants like Microsoft. Let's take a look at Raghavan's career so far and his related achievements.

The most influential person in search-algorithms in the world Raghavan is recognized as a world class computer scientist. He has over 20 years of research on algorithms, web search, and databases. There are more than 100 research papers. Has more than 20 patents in the world of tech and web.

Joined 12 years ago, handled a big unit like Google Search He joined Google 12 years ago. As Senior Vice President, he worked in important divisions like Google Search, Assistant, Google Ads, Commerce and Payments products. The company's major earnings come from here.

Were close to starting a search engine company in the 1990s Larry Page-Sergey Brin started Google in 1998. Raghavan had already thought of setting up a company like Google. In the 1990s, he had prepared a blueprint for building a company based on the concept of a search engine with students at Stanford University, but he joined Yahoo.

Add AI features like Smart Reply, Smart Compose to G Suite He has been the Vice President of Google Apps, Google Cloud Division. Under his leadership, Google's Apps business achieved new heights. He moved both Gmail and Drive. Introduced many machine intelligence features in G Suite, including Smart Reply, Smart Compose, Drive Quick Access.

Recognition like CEO in the company, annual package of Rs 300 crores In Google he is seen as the 'CEO of the company'. He is counted among the trusted people of Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Last year he received Rs 300 crore as salary and stock. He is among the top-5 highest paid people in Google.

Schooled in Bhopal and from IIT Madras Raghavan has studied in Bhopal, Chennai and Manchester. He did his schooling from Campion School, Bhopal and electrical engineering from IIT Madras. In some ways, both Raghavan and Pichai are similar. Both are South Indians. Both of them have studied from IIT Madras. Raghavan holds a PhD from UC Berkeley. But Pichai focused on studying management.

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