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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by sah2ed on Friday November 01, 2019 @01:13PM (#21421238)
> Sundar has no more vision than Larry does yet somehow is paid $200m+ a year and in my mind is the most unjustifiably overpaid CEO by a huge margin.

Do you have a source for this? My understanding is that this $200m figure is a multi-year figure to keep him at Google.

I wouldn’t characterize him as random though. Larry seemed to like him because he is able to handle conflict very well.

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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by gerash on Friday November 01, 2019 @05:51PM (#21424078)
It is hard to accurately judge how the CEO is doing as most us are not privy to what he has to deal with in his job. That said, to me he seems uninspiring, dodging questions and without much background in Computers. In some ways arguably similar to Steve Ballmer.
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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by cletus on Friday November 01, 2019 @01:43PM (#21421649)
https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-alphabet-paid-google-ceo-...
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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by behindsight on Friday November 01, 2019 @02:05PM (#21421929)
> The stock that Pichai received will vest in quarterly increments through January 2020

Seems like multi-year (2016-2020), not annually.

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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by nloladze on Friday November 01, 2019 @06:36PM (#21424406)
Just like Presidents, you cannot judge a CEO's job till the aftermath. That and after only deep introspection. Few cases bar exception, i.e. Steve Balmer.
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