Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks to an audience with the Google logo appearing behind him on a screen.
Sundar Pichai has been Google's CEO since 2015.
  • Google was founded in 1998 but operated without a traditional CEO until 2001.
  • Since then, the search giant has had three CEOs: Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, and Sundar Pichai.
  • Google has undergone massive growth over the last 25 years, and each CEO has left a unique legacy.

Sundar Pichai has been the CEO of Google since October 2015. He's the company's third chief executive since its incorporation in 1998.

Let's break down the company's chief executives and their tenures: