--- title: Sundar Pichai Is on the 2020 TIME 100 List description: Find out why Sundar Pichai is one of the 100 most influential people of 2020. canonical: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-09-22T23:22:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:21:57.705Z og:title: Sundar Pichai: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020 og:description: Find out why Sundar Pichai is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc777e04d78503a88/698a124b4ee262af37317ee2/time-100-Sundar-Pichai.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sundar Pichai: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sundar Pichai: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020 twitter:description: Find out why Sundar Pichai is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc777e04d78503a88/698a124b4ee262af37317ee2/time-100-Sundar-Pichai.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 22, 2020 # Sundar Pichai by Jamie Dimon  Sundar Pichai Sundar PichaiPaola Kudacki for TIME Taking the helm of an iconic American company and positioning it for long-term success in a way that reflects your values is no easy task. [Sundar Pichai](https://time.com/collection/finding-hope-coronavirus-pandemic/5820602/sundar-pichai-big-tech-coronavirus/)’s uniquely American story—[emigrating from India as a young adult and working his way to become CEO of a $1 trillion corporation](https://time.com/3991954/google-alphabet-sundar-pichai-ceo/)—represents the best of what we aspire for our society. He used his natural gifts and strong work ethic to rise through the ranks of [Google](https://time.com/5383389/google-history-search-information/) (now Alphabet) by leading many of their most successful products, such as [Drive](https://time.com/4264498/how-to-use-google-drive-offline/), [Gmail](https://time.com/43263/gmail-10th-anniversary/) and [Maps](https://time.com/4437599/how-to-use-google-maps-offline/), and officially took the reins of the company in December. Google is a client, partner and competitor of ours, but we both recognize that our success is dependent on a healthy and inclusive economy that looks out for employees, customers and communities. Sundar, along with myself and 25 CEOs of New York City’s other largest employers, [recently committed to hiring 100,000 traditionally underserved New Yorkers by 2030](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/10/banks-and-tech-companies-including-jpmorgan-google-and-amazon-form-new-york-jobs-council.html), with a focus on low-income, Black, Latinx and Asian communities. The challenges Sundar faces in his role are among the most important of our time—issues of innovation, privacy, regulation and competition. But his analytical, humble and inclusive leadership will position Google to meet the moment. These are traits the world could use a lot more of in these times. _Dimon is chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase_ [_Buy a print of TIME’s Sundar Pichai cover._](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/time-100-sundar-pichai-photograph-by-paola-kudacki-for-time.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/"},"headline":"Sundar Pichai","datePublished":"2020-09-22T23:22:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:21:57.705Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/","keywords":["TIME 100","T100 2020","T100 2020 Titans"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc777e04d78503a88/698a124b4ee262af37317ee2/time-100-Sundar-Pichai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc777e04d78503a88/698a124b4ee262af37317ee2/time-100-Sundar-Pichai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888419/sundar-pichai/","name":"Sundar Pichai"}}]}] ```