The CEO of Google, Slándar Pichai, arrives for an artificial intelligence insight forum (AI) of the United States Senate in the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023.
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Google He paid $ 8.27 million for the personal security of the Pichai Suendar CEO in 2024, according to a new presentation before the United States Stock Exchange and Securities Commission.
This figure increases almost 22% of $ 6.78 million in 2023, due in part to a series of security tasks of the tasks of the occupied year of Pichai.
“In 2024, the SUCTAR SAFETY AGREEMENTS included safety and residential consultation rates, security monitoring services, car services and drivers and personal security duration all trips,” reads the declaration of power 2025 of Alphabet. “We believe that these agreements and costs are reasonable, appropriate, necessary and in the best interest of the alphabet and its shareholders, since they mitigate the risks for our business.”
The document continued to say “we do not consider that these additional security arrangements are a personal benefit to Lasto because they are the nature of their employment responsibilities.”
Google declined to comment.
The increase occurred when Pichai traveled widely in 2024, or spoke with world leaders about technological advances, including artificial intelligence. Google, which generated 12% of higher income in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous year, is at the center of an AI arms race and its position in the search market can be threatened by the competence of AI and the growing regulation.
Including awards of shares, the total compensation of Pichai was $ 10.73 million during fiscal year 2024, according to power. That is $ 8.8 million the previous year.
It is not clear how Google has changed its security expense for Pichai in 2025, but at least a dozen S&P 500 companies have increased security costs as more companies see elevated threats to their main brasss after the murder in December of the CEO of United Brian Thompson, according to a recent reuters analysis.
In addition to Pichai, the Legal Chief of Alphabet, Kent Walker, received almost $ 30.2 million in total compensation last year, according to the filling. That is $ 27.3 million the previous year. Alphabet’s new Chief of Finance, Anat Ashkenazi, received total compensation of approximately $ 50 million, which included a bonus of almost 10 million.
The average total compensation for Google’s full -time employees was $ 331,894, an increase of 5% compared to the previous average of $ 315,531.
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