Google Cloud’s Thomas Kurian, CEO of the world’s hottest major cloud vendor, shares his insights on the impact the cloud will have on business in 2021, the new priorities for CEOs in these turbulent times, and about 10 examples of customers reimagining their businesses for fun and profit in the digital age. In his 2 years as Google Cloud CEO, Kurian, who was Cloud Wars’ CEO of the Year in 2019, has turned the company’s culture upside-down with a customer-first mandate that has helped Google Cloud grow 50% faster than major rivals Microsoft and Amazon. With Google Cloud’s revenue run rate expected to reach $15 billion based on forthcoming Q4 results, Kurian & Co. have an excellent chance to crack $20 billion in revenue this year. Check out this episode to hear Kurian’s wide-ranging and eloquent thoughts on strategy, CEO priorities, and customer innovation in our latest installment of our ongoing CEO Cloud Outlook 2021 series.
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