Sundar Pichai to Satya Nadella: Indian-origin CEOs at global tech companies

With Larry Page moving to head the new company Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, a long-time Google executive who most recently served as the company's senior vice president of products, will now head Google as its new CEO.

The recent overhaul by Google has led Pichai to become the latest entrant in the list of Indian-origin executives serving as the head of industry-leading tech companies. It was only last year when Nokia and Microsoft appointed India-born Rajeev Suri and Satya Nadella, respectively, as CEO. A look at the other Indian-origin CEOs at global tech companies.

Rajeev Suri, Nokia: Nokia appointed Rajeev Suri to head the new company after it sold its ailing mobile phone unit to Microsoft last week. Suri joined Nokia in 1995 and has held a wide range of leadership positions in the company. He is a graduate from the Manipal Institute of Technology, and took over as Nokia CEO on May 1, 2014.

Satya Nadella, Microsoft: Microsoft named Satya Nadella as its new CEO in February 2014. Nadella, has worked at Microsoft for over 22 years.

Shantanu Narayen, Adobe: Shantanu Narayen is President, chief executive officer, director of Adobe Systems. He joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of engineering technology group. In January 2005, Narayen was promoted to President and chief operating officer, and effective December 2007, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer and joined Board of Directors.

Sanjay Jha, GlobalFoundries: Sanjay K Jha is chief executive officer of GlobalFoundries. Appointed in January 2014, Jha has strong executive experience in the technology industry, most recently as chief executive officer of Motorola Mobility Holdings, and its subsidiary Motorola Mobility.

Francisco D'Souza, Cognizant: Francisco D'Souza is Cognizant's CEO and a member of the Company's Board of Directors. He joined Cognizant as a co-founder in 1994 - the year it was started as a division of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.

Dinesh Paliwal, Harman International: Harman International Industries develops, manufactures and markets audio products and automotive electronics systems. Dinesh Paliwal was named president, chief executive officer (CEO) and vice chairman, effective July 1, 2007.

Abhijit Talwalkar, LSI: Talwalkar was appointed LSI President and CEO and elected to the company's board of directors in May 2005.