Sundar Pichai started his career at Google in 2004 as a product manager and reached up to CEO level in 2015. He became Alphabet CEO in 2019. He is admired by many students in India due to his journey from middle class family to the CEO of a tech giant. Sundar earnings also grew fast as per progress in his roles. Sundar Pichai 2024 Salary  Sundar Pichai’s total compensation for 2024 was at $10.73 million (around Rs 90 crore) which is an increase from $8.8 million (Rs 74 crore) in 2023. The package included a base salary of $2 million (Rs 16 crore) unchanged from previous years. The majority of his earnings came from stock-related compensation and additional benefits. Out of Pichai’s compensation package $8.27 million (Rs 69 crore) was allocated to personal security out of a 22% rise from the previous year. These expenses are residential security and consultation services security monitoring systems and personal drivers and secure travel arrangements. Sundar Pichai Compensations In Previous Years Although Pichai’s 2024 earnings looks very huge still lower than the $226 million (Rs 1900 crore) he received in 2022. This was due to a large performance-based stock award. However after such huge compensation he had to face criticism after Alphabet laid off many in 2023.  As the average full-time Google employee earned $331894 (Rs 2.7 crore) in 2024 the figure Pichai earned was 32 times higher than that figure. Other Tech Leaders Salary Tim Cook (Apple CEO): $74.6 million (Rs 729 crore). Netflix Co-CEOs: Over $60 million each (Rs 500 crore). Sundar was born in Chennai in 1972 and graduated from IIT Kharagpur. He went to the USA to pursue a master’s degree at Stanford University and also did an MBA from the Wharton School.He earlier worked at Applied Materials and McKinsey & Company. Pichai joined Google in 2004 and played an important role in developing products like the Google Toolbar Google Chrome.  As of 2024 Sundar Pichai’s net worth is estimated at $1.1 billion (Rs 9000 crore) according to Forbes.