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Google Fires Guy Behind Anti-Diversity Memo

Aug 8, 2017 5:33 AM CDT

Google Fires Guy Who Wrote Gender Memo

He says he was canned for 'perpetuating stereotypes'

(Newser) - A male Google engineer who authored a controversial memo on why he thinks women aren't suited to tech jobs is now searching for new employment. James Damore confirmed to Bloomberg that he was fired for "perpetuating gender stereotypes" and that he's "currently exploring all possible legal...

4 Execs Make
9 Figures

May 10, 2017 8:25 AM CDT

4 Execs Make 9 Figures

Elon Musk isn't far behind

(Newser) - Elon Musk didn't pull in nine figures in 2016—but as the fifth top-earning executive of the year, he was awfully close. Here are the five top-earning business executives of 2016, with their total salary, according to Bloomberg :

Google CEO
Responds to
Girl Who Wrote
Looking for Job

Feb 16, 2017 1:13 PM CST

Google CEO Responds to Girl Who Wrote Looking for Job

'I look forward to receiving your job application'

(Newser) - A 7-year-old girl in England already has her foot in the door at Google after she wrote to the tech company asking for a job—and CEO Sundar Pichai responded, the BBC reports. According to Business Insider , Chloe Bridgewater enjoys robots and her Kindle Fire tablet, but she had no...

The 10 CEOs
Most-Loved by
Their Employees

Jun 9, 2016 8:33 AM CDT

The 10 CEOs Most-Loved by Their Employees

Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook make the list

(Newser) - It's no easy task to get 99% of employees to like you, but that's exactly what three CEOs have done, according to a Glassdoor survey. The recruiting firm ranked the highest-rated CEOs of major firms based on more than 2 million employee reviews, reports the Wall Street Journal...

America Has a New
Highest-Paid CEO

Feb 9, 2016 2:05 AM CST

America Has a New Highest-Paid CEO

Alphabet awarded Google chief $199M in shares

(Newser) - Google's parent company appears to be satisfied with how Sundar Pichai has performed during his four months as Google CEO, judging by the gargantuan $199 million equity award revealed in a securities filing. Alphabet stated that Pichai was awarded 273,328 Class C Google stock units on Feb. 3,...

Google Founders Hand Off 'Slimmed Down' Company in Surprise Move

Google Founders:
Goodbye Google,
Hello Alphabet

Aug 10, 2015 4:34 PM CDT

Google Founders: Goodbye Google, Hello Alphabet

Larry Page and Sergey Brin create new parent company, will run that

(Newser) - Big changes at Google today: Its founders have a created a parent company for it called Alphabet and will focus on running that. Google itself will still exist, but in a "slimmed down" version that will be run by current Google exec Sundar Pichai, writes Larry Page in a...