Google CEO Sundar Pichai On Women In Tech

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai says he has a personal reason for caring about getting more women into tech.

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00:00You know, my personal experience, you know, when I went to a technical college in India,

00:05my wife was, you know, there were 20 girls in a school of 400 people.

00:12You have to understand, in the context of a workplace, you know, the representation

00:30of women in tech is very, very low.

00:33Technology products affect everyone in the world.

00:36So the only way you're going to do it better is by involving more women in the development

00:41of technology.

00:42I think it's a moral imperative to do that.

00:44And so, clearly, we want to create an environment which is more supportive for women.

00:50And it's personal to me and, you know, my personal experience, you know, when I went

00:55to a technical college in India, my wife was, you know, there were 20 girls in a school

01:03of 400 people.

01:05And you know, I saw firsthand how hard it is to function in an environment like that.

01:10Over the past years, we started a conversation in tech by being transparent about, you know,

01:16the representation we have internally.

01:18We have to build on that momentum, and you have to make sure the environment when women

01:22come into workforce, especially on very technical jobs, is positive and supportive, and that's

01:29what we are working on.

01:30But there's a lot of work left to do.