Factbox: New Alphabet chief started at Google, made name with Android

(Reuters) - Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai will replace company co-founder Larry Page as CEO of parent Alphabet Inc , the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. Below are some key facts about Pichai: * Born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India on June 10, 1972 * An alumnus of Wharton business school, Stanford University and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur * Worked at consultant McKinsey & Co before Google * First interviewed at Google on April 1, 2004, the same day that the company launched Gmail * Widely credited for making the Google Chrome browser * Pichai took over Android business from that group's founder, Andy Rubin, managing the market leading smartphone operating system globally * A year after taking over Android, Google shipped 1 billion devices * Prior to taking over as CEO, Pichai was in charge of product and engineering at Google's Internet businesses * Appointed CEO of Google in Nov. 2015 * Was widely seen as a potential successor to Microsoft Crop CEO Steve Ballmer before Satya Nadella took over in February 2014 * Loves to play chess (Reporting by Neha Malara in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)

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