Thomas Kurian

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Thomas Kurian
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Pampady, Kerala, India
Alma mater

Thomas Kurian (born 1966) is an

Indian-American business executive and Chief Executive Officer of Google Cloud (under Alphabet Inc.
) since 2019.

Early life

Thomas Kurian was born to P.C. Kurian and his wife Molly in 1966 in Pampady village of Kottayam district in Kerala, India. Kurian senior was a chemical engineer and the general manager of Graphite India.[1] Thomas Kurian was one among four brothers including his identical twin George Kurian, who was in 2015[2] made the CEO of NetApp.

As their father's career involved moving around India, the twins boarded at the Jesuit-run St Joseph's Boys High School in

summa cum laude
.

McKinsey and Stanford

After Princeton, Kurian started his career with

MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business
.

Oracle

Kurian joined Oracle in 1996, initially holding various product management and development positions. His first executive role was as Vice President of Oracle's e-Business division. In this role, he drove a number of company-wide initiatives focused on transforming Oracle into an e-Business.

Next Kurian took responsibility for the Oracle Fusion Middleware product family. Under his leadership, that business became the company's fastest-growing business and the industry's leading middleware product suite.[5][7][8][9][10]

Later, Kurian served as a Senior Vice President of Oracle's Server Technologies Division responsible for the development and delivery of Oracle Application Servers. He played a key role in bringing Oracle 9i application server to market.[11][12] Application server software became Oracle's fastest-growing business primarily because of his efforts.[13] Kurian served as a member of Oracle's executive committee for 13 years. He led 35,000-people software development team in 32 countries with an R&D budget of $4 billion. He also helped in the transformation of Oracle's products with the introduction of leading suite of Cloud Services, led 60 software acquisitions and Oracle's 45 Cloud data centres.[14]

As the President of Product Development, he oversaw Oracle's 3,000-odd product development efforts. He was responsible for development and delivery of Oracle's software product portfolio including Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and ERP, CRM, and supply chain management applications.[5][11][15][16][17]

Thomas Kurian was the 18th highest-paid man in the US in 2010, according to CNN.[18] He was also the fifth highest-paid tech executive in 2010.[19]

On September 6, 2018, Kurian announced he was taking extended time off from the company.[20] Kurian and Larry Ellison reportedly had a falling out over the direction of its cloud business.[21]

On September 28, 2018, he resigned as president of product development at Oracle.[22]

Google

Kurian joined Google's Cloud organization in November 2018.[23] During his first year at Google, Kurian focused on selling G Suite applications to enterprise clients. He has reorganized the sales team to align with Sales practices of enterprise clients.[24]

References

  1. ^ "New Oracle chief's Kerala roots". The Hindu. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Leadership Team at NetApp".
  3. ^ at 09:38, Chris Mellor 7 Jul 2016. "Three years in: Can Kurian heal sickly NetApp's woes?". www.theregister.co.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "New World Pioneers. George Kurian lays out future vision of humankind built on social consciousness". July 18, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Thomas Kurian - Executive Biography". Oracle.com. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  6. ^ "Thomas Kurian". Stanford Graduate School of Business.
  7. ^ "Oracle Fusion Middleware Wins Two InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards" (Press release). News.thomasnet.com. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  8. ^ "Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Systematic Application Integration Projects". Gartner.com. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  9. ^ "Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Systematic SOA-Style Application Projects". Gartner.com. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  10. ^ "Magic Quadrant for Shared SOA Interoperability Infrastructure Projects". Gartner.com. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  11. ^ a b "Thomas Kurian: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  12. ^ "2007 JavaOne Conference -General Session Speakers". Java.sun.com. 2007-05-08. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  13. ^ "Can app servers revive Oracle?". CNET News. News.cnet.com. 2002-05-22. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  14. ^ "Indian American Thomas Kurian is the new CEO of Google Cloud: Here's what you need to know about him". November 17, 2018.
  15. ^ "Kurian Thomas profile". People.forbes.com. 2009-08-21. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  16. ^ E. Abraham Mathew and Srinivas R (2011-05-16). "For Oracle every revolution is an evolution". CIOL Interviews. Ciol.com. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  17. ^ "Oracle's Software Development Reins in New Hands". PCWorld Business Center. Pcworld.com. 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  18. ^ "25 highest-paid men - Thomas Kurian (18)". FORTUNE. Money.cnn.com. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  19. ^ Horn, Leslie (2011-11-10). "Oracle Execs, Apple's Tim Cook Among Highest-Paid in Tech". PCMag. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  20. ^ Jay Greene (2018-09-06). "Top Oracle Software Executive to Take Extended Leave". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  21. ^ Shende, Neha (November 29, 2018). "Why Google Cloud's new CEO Thomas Kurian quit Oracle after 22 years" – via The Economic Times.
  22. ^ Levy, Ari (September 28, 2018). "Oracle says Kurian has resigned as president three weeks after he left to take time off". CNBC.
  23. ^ Novet, Jordan; Levy, Ari (2018-11-16). "Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene is out, to be replaced by former Oracle exec Thomas Kurian". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  24. ^ "Thomas Kurian on his first year as Google Cloud CEO".
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