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Thomas Kurian

CEO of Google Cloud, which offers Gemini Enterprise and Google's agent platform to businesses

Thomas Kurian is CEO of Google Cloud. Google Cloud announced in November 2018 that Kurian would join on November 26 and take over the Google Cloud leadership role in early 2019, after 22 years at Oracle, most recently as President of Product Development. Kurian introduced Gemini Enterprise in an October 2025 Google Cloud post, and an October 2026 post adapted from Kurian's keynote at Gemini at Work 2026 announced the Gemini agent, described as a single, universal agent for work.321

Career

Kurian spent 22 years at Oracle, most recently as President of Product Development. In November 2018, Google Cloud announced that Kurian would join the company that month and take over leadership of Google Cloud in early 2019, and Kurian has led Google Cloud as its CEO since.31

Products and announcements

Kurian wrote the opening posts for Google Cloud Next '24 and Next '26. The Next '24 post announced the general availability of TPU v5p and Google Axion, the company's first custom Arm-based CPU designed for the data centre, along with a public preview of Gemini 1.5 Pro.4

Kurian introduced Gemini Enterprise in October 2025. At Next '26 in April 2026, Kurian's keynote framed the event around the "Agentic Enterprise", announcing the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform for building and governing agents, eighth-generation TPUs, an Agentic Data Cloud and security products combining Google Threat Intelligence with Wiz's platform. At Gemini at Work 2026 in October, Kurian announced the Gemini agent, a single agent for work inside Workspace apps.251

Work

Career timeline

  1. Nov 16, 2018

    Google Cloud announced that Kurian would join and lead Google Cloud from early 2019.3

  2. Apr 9, 2024

    Wrote the opening post for Google Cloud Next '24, with announcements including TPU v5p and the Axion CPU.4

  3. Oct 9, 2025

    Introduced Gemini Enterprise in a Google Cloud post.2

  4. Apr 22, 2026

    Gave the Google Cloud Next '26 keynote on the Agentic Enterprise and eighth-generation TPUs.5

  5. Oct 8, 2026

    Announced the Gemini agent in the Gemini at Work 2026 keynote.1

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document but that are not confirmed as current.

  • President of Product Development, Oracle3

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References · reviewed Oct 21, 2026

  1. 1.
    Welcome to Gemini at Work 2026: Introducing the Gemini agent (byline) (external site: cloud.google.com)

    Google Cloud · Announcement · published Oct 8, 2026 · accessed Oct 21, 2026

  2. 2.
    Introducing Gemini Enterprise (byline) (external site: cloud.google.com)

    Google Cloud · Announcement · published Oct 9, 2025 · accessed Oct 21, 2026

  3. 3.
    Transitioning Google Cloud After Three Great Years (external site: cloud.google.com)

    Google Cloud · Announcement · published Nov 16, 2018 · accessed Oct 21, 2026

  4. 4.
    Welcome to Google Cloud Next '24 (external site: cloud.google.com)

    Google Cloud · Announcement · published Apr 9, 2024 · accessed Oct 21, 2026

  5. 5.
    Welcome to Google Cloud Next26 (adapted keynote transcript) (external site: cloud.google.com)

    Google Cloud · Announcement · published Apr 22, 2026 · accessed Oct 21, 2026

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