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Re:Google cites 'durable cost savings' as CEO Sundar Pichai ... by FirmwareBurner on Monday January 22, 2024 @12:18PM (#39092136)
>Seems to me Search must be yielding like crazy. Android is too. User trust is high. Youtube is booming even though tiktok.

None of which have been built or even improved during his tenure. He's just cashing in on the momentum of the money printers built by those before him. The products shipped under him had flopped.

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Re:Google cites 'durable cost savings' as CEO Sundar Pichai ... by alephnerd on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:20PM (#39094066)
> The products shipped under him had flopped

He was the PM for Google Chrome and Google Drive, and took over the Android org in 2013.

He has essentially proven himself with 2 major product releases and managing an additional major product line, but Google is a different company in 2024 compared to 2014, let alone 2004.

When you're a large public company who's stock is owned by major pension funds, 401k funds, sovereign wealth funds, PE funds, etc Investor Relations becomes the critical function of a CEO.

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