Google boss becomes highest-paid in US

The chief executive of Google, Sundar Pichai, has
been awarded $199m (£138m) in shares, a
regulatory filing has revealed.
It makes him the highest-paid chief executive in the
US.
Mr Pichai became chief executive of the search
engine giant following the creation of its parent,
Alphabet.
The founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin,
have amassed fortunes of $34.6bn and $33.9bn,
according to Forbes.
Mr Pichai, 43, was awarded 273,328 Alphabet shares
on 3 February, worth a total of $199m, according to
a filing with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission.
The new award of shares takes Mr Pichai’s total stock
value to approximately $650m.
Mr Pichai’s share award will vest incrementally each
quarter until 2019. In other words, full control over
the shares will pass to him on a gradual basis.
The Google chief executive joined the company since
2004, initially leading product management on a
number of Google’s client software products,
including Google Chrome] and Chrome OS, as well
as being largely responsible for Google Drive. He
also oversaw the development of Gmail and Google
Maps.
He previously worked in engineering and product
management at Applied Materials and as a
management consultant at McKinsey & Company.