Will new Alphabet CEO play the right political game?
It is a credit to Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai and many others that Google has outlasted all predictions of its doom
04 December 2019 - 17:59
Google’s parent company took an obvious step on Tuesday to replace its absentee CEO. And while Alphabet’s leadership change removes a cloud hanging over the company, it also creates potential new ones.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Alphabet, wrote that Sundar Pichai will become the CEO of the corporate parent of Google in addition to the post as Google boss that he has held since 2015. This change was long overdue. Page had grown increasingly invisible inside and outside the company, and he was no longer doing the job required of a powerful corporate chieftain in 2019...
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