GOOGL Leadership & Board
14 key people at Alphabet Inc.
Executives
Sundar Pichai
CEO, Alphabet & Google, Director
Leads overall strategy for Alphabet and Google; joined Google in 2004; became Google CEO in 2015 and Alphabet CEO in 2019.
Anat Ashkenazi
CFO
Manages financial strategy and operations; joined from Eli Lilly in 2024; previously SVP and CFO at Lilly.
Ruth Porat
President & CIO
Oversees investment strategy and long-term financial planning; former Morgan Stanley CFO; joined Google in 2015.
Demis Hassabis
CEO, Google DeepMind & Isomorphic Labs
Leads AI research and development across Alphabet; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024; co-founded DeepMind in 2010.
Kent Walker
President, Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer
Oversees legal, policy, and government affairs; joined Google in 2006; leads regulatory and antitrust strategy.
Amie Thuener O'Toole
Chief Accounting Officer
Manages accounting operations and financial reporting across Alphabet.
Board of Directors
John L. Hennessy
Independent Chair
Board
Board chair since Feb 2018; former Stanford University president; computer scientist and MIPS co-founder.
Larry Page
Co-Founder, Director
Board
Co-founded Google in 1998 with Sergey Brin; Alphabet CEO 2015-2019; controls majority voting rights via Class B shares.
Sergey Brin
Co-Founder, Director
Board
Co-founded Google in 1998 with Larry Page; Alphabet President 2015-2019; controls majority voting rights via Class B shares.
L. John Doerr
Independent Director
Board
Chairman of Kleiner Perkins; early Google investor; board member since 1999; pioneer of OKR methodology.
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.
Independent Director
Board
Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman and TIAA CEO; joined board in 2016; financial and regulatory expertise.
Frances H. Arnold
Independent Director
Board
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 for directed evolution; Caltech professor; joined board in 2019.
R. Martin Chávez
Independent Director
Board
Former Goldman Sachs CFO and CIO; technology and quantitative finance expertise; joined board in 2020.
K. Ram Shriram
Independent Director
Board
Early Google investor and board member since 1998; founder of Sherpalo Ventures; former Amazon VP.