Alphabet Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Alphabet's CEO is Sundar Pichai, appointed in Dec 2019, has a tenure of 5.33 years. total yearly compensation is $8.80M, comprised of 22.7% salary and 77.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.031% of the company’s shares, worth $582.51M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.4 years and 14.9 years respectively.

Key information

Sundar Pichai

Chief executive officer

US$8.8m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage22.7%
CEO tenure5.3yrs
CEO ownership0.03%
Management average tenure6.4yrs
Board average tenure14.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Alphabet: It's Just Too Cheap To Ignore Here

Apr 22

Investors Undervalue Alphabet's Monopoly And YouTube's Streaming Leadership

Apr 16

You're Unlikely To Get Alphabet Cheaper Than This

Apr 09

Alphabet: 2 Reasons To Buy The Dip In This Incredible Long-Term Compounder (Rating Upgrade)

Mar 25

Thank You President Trump, Alphabet Is Cheap Again

Mar 17

Wall Street Lunch: Nuclear Energy To Fuel Google's AI Growth

Mar 11

Alphabet: Google Cloud Is Taking Market Share From AWS And Azure

Mar 04

Alphabet: A Solid Long-Term Buy On AI Infrastructure Growth

Feb 26

Alphabet: Cheapest Mag 7 Stock With Bullish Growth Projections

Feb 18

Alphabet: Shedding Light On The ROI Question And The ChatGPT Risk (Rating Upgrade)

Feb 10

Google Earnings: I'll Sit This One Out

Feb 03

YouTube Could Be Google's Next Big Thing - Reiterating Buy

Jan 27

Google: Core Services In Focus As AI Threat Fades

Jan 20

Google: Shifting The Narrative From Doubt To Conviction (Rating Upgrade)

Jan 12

10 Stocks For 2025

Dec 28

Google: Recent AI Breakthroughs Will Likely Boost FY2025 Revenue Consensus

Dec 19

Google: Loads Of Catalysts For Sale At 25x P/E

Dec 12

Google: Still The Best Tech Mega-Cap Stock Entering 2025

Dec 06

A Deep Dive Into Google's Main Business: The Search

Nov 29

Alphabet: DOJ Decisions, OpenAI Threats, And Long-Term Growth

Nov 23

YouTube Is A Lot Bigger Than You Think

Nov 17

Google: Fantastic Setup For More Upside

Nov 11

Google Q3: Management Remains Composed Amid AI Engine Threat (Rating Upgrade)

Nov 05

Google: A Buy Ahead Of Earnings

Oct 29

There Is Still A Lot Of Potential In Google

Oct 23

Google: Buy Before Earnings (Rating Upgrade)

Oct 14

Google Needs To Scale Cloud Or Fall Behind

Oct 07

Google: Don't Miss Out On A Golden Discount

Sep 29

Google: The Scariest Big-Tech Trading After Summer Highs (Rating Downgrade)

Sep 23

Google's Big, Hidden Advantages That Investors May Be Overlooking

Sep 14

Google: With Cloud Surging, Expect Bright Days Ahead

Sep 05

Google: Solid Business, But Regulatory Risks And Potential Recession

Aug 27

Google Leads The Autonomous Vehicle Race, A Strong Rationale For Considering Its Shares

Aug 19

Google's Battle To Maintain Supremacy

Aug 12

Google: The Market Is Wrong

Aug 04

Google Q2: Is AI Worth It?

Jul 29

Google: The Pros And Cons For A Post-Q2 Share Price Surge

Jul 22

Google's Stock Is Anything But Cheap

Jul 10

YouTube And Google Cloud Promise To Power Continued Share Gains For Alphabet

Jun 28

Alphabet: How It Thrives In A Generative AI World

Jun 20

Kinsman Oak Capital - Alphabet/Google: Natural Monopoly Would Cease To Exist

Jun 12
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Google Search Continues to Dominate + Google Cloud Grows

Dec 23Google Services – 88% of revenues

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Sundar Pichai's remuneration changed compared to Alphabet's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2024n/an/a

US$100b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$94b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$88b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$82b

Dec 31 2023US$9mUS$2m

US$74b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$67b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$61b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$59b

Dec 31 2022US$226mUS$2m

US$60b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$67b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$72b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$75b

Dec 31 2021US$6mUS$2m

US$76b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$71b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$63b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$51b

Dec 31 2020US$7mUS$2m

US$40b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$36b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$32b

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$35b

Dec 31 2019US$281mUS$650k

US$34b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$33b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$35b

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$28b

Dec 31 2018US$2mUS$650k

US$31b

Compensation vs Market: Sundar's total compensation ($USD8.80M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.22M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Sundar's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Sundar Pichai (51 yo)

5.3yrs

Tenure

US$8,802,824

Compensation

Mr. Sundar Pichai is Chief Executive Officer at Alphabet Inc. since December 2019. Mr. Pichai has been the Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc., since October 02, 2015. Mr. Pichai leads the product manag...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Sundar Pichai
CEO & Director5.3yrsUS$8.80m0.031%
$ 582.5m
Ruth Porat
President & Chief Investment Officer1.6yrsUS$27.35m0.016%
$ 308.5m
Lawrence Page
Co-Founder & Director27.3yrsUS$1.003.19%
$ 60.9b
Sergey Brin
Co-Founder & Director27.3yrsUS$1.005.96%
$ 113.7b
J. Walker
President of Global Affairs5.3yrsUS$27.34m0.00074%
$ 14.1m
Prabhakar Raghavan
Senior Vice President of Knowledge and Information - Google6.4yrsUS$41.95m0.0027%
$ 52.2m
Philipp Schindler
Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer of Google9.7yrsUS$41.95m0.0058%
$ 110.6m
Anat Ashkenazi
Senior VP & CFOless than a yearno data0.00044%
$ 8.4m
Amie O'Toole
Corporate Controller7yrsno data0.00020%
$ 3.8m
Ellen West
Vice President of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Fiona Cicconi
Chief People Officerno datano datano data
Ivy Ross
VP & Head of Design for all Hardware Productsno datano datano data

6.4yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: GOOG's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.4 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Sundar Pichai
CEO & Director7.8yrsUS$8.80m0.031%
$ 582.5m
Lawrence Page
Co-Founder & Director26.6yrsUS$1.003.19%
$ 60.9b
Sergey Brin
Co-Founder & Director26.6yrsUS$1.005.96%
$ 113.7b
L. Doerr
Independent Director25.9yrsUS$423.39k0.32%
$ 6.1b
Kavitark Shriram
Independent Director26.5yrsUS$423.39k0.040%
$ 758.1m
John Hennessy
Chairman & Lead Independent Director21yrsUS$597.63k0.00025%
$ 4.8m
Robin Washington
Independent Director6yrsUS$423.39k0.00024%
$ 4.6m
Frances Arnold
Independent Director5.3yrsUS$423.39k0.00014%
$ 2.7m
Roger Ferguson
Independent Director8.8yrsUS$423.39k0.00049%
$ 9.3m
R. Chavez
Independent Director2.8yrsUS$423.39kno data

14.9yrs

Average Tenure

64yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: GOOG's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 14.9 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/24 21:28
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/24 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Alphabet Inc. is covered by 96 analysts. 56 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David HeasmanAccountability Research Corporation
Rocco StraussArete Research Services LLP
Richard KramerArete Research Services LLP