Pampady (Kottayam): Thomas Kurian, a native of Pampady in Kerala and the current CEO of Google Cloud, has emerged as one of the names being considered for the top job at Nvidia, the global artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaking giant and one of the world's most valuable companies.

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The 60-year-old is among the external candidates being considered for the position of CEO of Nvidia, according to reports.

Born in 1966 in Pullolickal, Pampady, Thomas Kurian is the son of the late P C Kurian and the late Molly Kurian, a retired lecturer at Women's Christian College in Chennai. The family lived in several places owing to his father's professional commitments as Technical Director of Graphite India.

Kurian completed his schooling at St Joseph's Boys' High School in Bengaluru. Although he secured admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, his outstanding performance in the SAT examination earned him a scholarship to pursue higher studies at Princeton University in the United States. He moved to the US at the age of 17.

At Princeton, he graduated with distinction in electrical engineering and computer science before earning an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Kurian began his professional career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, spending six years working in London and Brussels.

He joined Oracle in 1996 and went on to spend 22 years at the company, eventually becoming its President of Product Development. During his tenure, he led Oracle's global research and development division, comprising 35,000 employees, and played a crucial role in strengthening the company's cloud business.

In November 2018, Kurian took over as CEO of Google Cloud. Under his leadership, the company has recorded solid growth in the enterprise technology and artificial intelligence sectors. In 2024, he was also named among Gold House's 100 Most Impactful Asians.

His twin brother, George Kurian, who previously served as CEO of NetApp, is another prominent figure in the global technology industry. His other siblings include Jacob Kurian, former CEO of Titan and Tanishq, and Dr Matthew Kurian, a paediatrician based in the UK.

Thomas Kurian is married to Alison Walsh Kurian, an oncologist at the Stanford Cancer Institute. The couple have two children.