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Preston Fore

Google CEO is the newest billionaire: He tells Gen Z the secret to success is putting yourself in uncomfortable situations

Sundar Pichai gestures (Credit: David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images)
  • As a newly minted billionaire, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that embracing discomfort is key to personal and professional growth—a mantra that helped him advance from a little-known product manager to CEO of the $2.3 trillion tech giant. While climbing the logical paths up that ladder may seem right, he tells Gen Z that listening to your heart will help you find your true calling. 

The path to success is never easy—even for the world’s top leaders. In fact, for Google CEO Sundar Pichai there were times he felt that stinging feeling that other people in the room were better than him. But he assures Gen Z that feelings of discomfort are all part of the process.

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