NEW DELHI: Google’s Next Billion Users head Caesar Sengupta is on his way out from the company after nearly 15 years, he said in a LinkedIn post on Monday.

“After over 15 wonderful years at Google, I have decided to venture out and start on a new mission. I remain very positive about Google’s future but it's time for me to see if I can ride without training wheels,” he wrote in a note titled 'Thank you Google...'

Sengupta, who was based out of Singapore, led the tech behemoth’s ambitious payments plans, including their grand digital payments bet – Google Pay. Since his recruitment to the firm in 2006, he has worked on the ChromeOS, NBU initiative, Google Pay, payments platform and Google Finance— all important business lines and growth areas for Google— and thanked the teams in his post. He also led strategic investments and acquisitions by the search giant in local companies including Jio Platforms, InMobi's Glance, and Dunzo.

Sengupta's last day as vice president and general manager - payments and NBU initiative will be on 30 April.

He joined Google right after his MBA at The Wharton School. He completed his Masters in science with distinction in research, computer science, at Stanford University, before his MBA.

Though his exact plans after Google are not known, it is believed he will float his own new venture.