Vic Gundotra

Vivek "Vic" Gundotra

Vic Gundotra at the Google I/O event 2010.
Born Vivek Gundotra
14 June 1968
Mumbai, India
Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Occupation Ex. Senior Vice President, Social, Google
Spouse(s) Claudia Gundotra

Vivek "Vic" Gundotra[1] (born 14 June 1968 in India) is an India-born businessman, who served as the Senior Vice President, Social for Google until 24 April 2014.[2][3] Prior to joining Google, he was a general manager at Microsoft.[4]

Career

Gundotra joined Microsoft in 1991 and eventually became General Manager of Platform Evangelism. His duties included promoting Microsoft's APIs and platforms to independent developers and helping to develop a strategy for Windows Live online services to compete with Google's web-based software applications.[5]

Gundotra joined Google in June 2007, after taking a one-year delay due to a Microsoft employee non-compete agreement.

His responsibilities as Vice-President of Social included Google's social networking and identity service, Google+. He is widely believed to be the man behind Google+,[6] and was responsible for the controversial removal of social features from Google Reader.[7] Apart from Google+, he is widely credited for his contributions to early versions of Google Maps (application) and Google I/O.[8]

On 24 April 2014, Gundotra announced his resignation from Google after almost 7 years of service.[9]

Personal life

Gundotra is married to Claudia Gundotra. They have two children, a son Noah and daughter nicknamed Tiger.

Awards and recognition

In 2003, Gundotra was named in the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35, for his contribution to Microsoft's .NET Framework.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Raymond, Scott (2011-08-24). "Google+ real name clampdown ignores own grace period". ZDNet. And it should be noted that his real name is not Vic, it’s Vivek.
  2. ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/24/vic-gundotra-the-father-of-google-is-leaving-google-after-8-years/
  3. ↑ https://www.google.com/about/company/facts/management/
  4. ↑ Vic Gundotra Profile, CrunchBase
  5. ↑ Boutin, Paul (2006-07-03). "Where's My Google PC?". Slate.
  6. ↑ Gannes, Liz (2010-08-04). "Google’s Social Czar Is Vic Gundotra". Gigaom.
  7. ↑ Estes, Adam (2011-10-25). "The World Is Surprisingly Angry About the End of Google Reader". The Atlantic.
  8. ↑ "Google+ Mastermind Vic Gundotra resigns from Google Inc". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company". ReCode. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  10. ↑ "2003 Young Innovators Under 35: Vic Gundotra, 34". Technology Review. 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

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