Chai for Pichai: The lifestyle of Sundar Pichai— not a ‘morning person’ — who mixed Sambhar in Payasam
He wakes up between 6:30 and 7 am though he would like to remain tucked in bed for longer. “I am not a morning person,” Pichai said in an interview in 2016 adding that he loves tea, omelette, and toast for breakfast.
Pichai is a good example to follow except when it comes to exercise. By his own admission, he goes to the gym “sometimes”, mostly in the evening.
However, he walks a lot— in office! He does many of his meetings pacing up and down. It helps him think, he said.
Millions of people around the world get their news on Google but Pichai can’t do without the physical copy of the Wall Street Journal to go with his morning tea. He also reads the New York Times online.
Pichai has 20 to 30 smartphones at his home and he uses most of them for various tests. He bought his first smartphone in 2006 but his first mobile phone ever was a Motorola Startac in 1995. Early starter indeed.
Pichai is known to be a nice guy without a sweet tooth. As a child, he mixed Sambar — a tangy, spicy gravy with vegetables— with Payasam, a sweet dish, that goes by the name kheer in north India. "I just.. I just wasn't very fond of sweets,” he said in a 2016 interview. Fair to assume it wasn’t a proud moment for Pichai’s parents.
Like any other professional, Pichai was very tempted by the many offers he got during his career. But it was his wife Anjali, who fell in love with Pichai in IIT Kharagpur, who advised him to stay on in Google. They have two children — Kavya and Kiran.
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