Ruth Porat

CFO, Google & Alphabet
Born: 1958
Location: United Kingdom
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Google / Alphabet

Biography

Ruth joined Google as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in May 2015 and has also held the same title at Alphabet since it was created in October 2015. She is responsible for Finance, Business Operations and Real Estate & Workplace Services.

Prior to joining Google, Ruth was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley and held roles there that included Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking and Global Head of the Financial Institutions Group.

Ruth is a member of the Board of Directors of Blackstone Inc. and the Stanford Management Company, and the Board of Trustees of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She previously spent ten years on Stanford University’s Board of Trustees.

Ruth holds a BA from Stanford University, an MSc from The London School of Economics and an MBA from the Wharton School.

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Google X – the Moonshot Factory

Everyone thinks of Google as an innovative startup. but the company now has more than 100,000 employees. Ruth Porat, CFO of Google, shares how Google keeps innovation alive, no matter how big the company gets.

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