Ruth Porat is president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google with responsibility for the company’s corporate investments and investment vehicles, including GV and CapG, the Other Bets investment portfolio, real estate and workplace services, and other company infrastructure. The role includes engaging with policymakers and regulators globally about the company’s business and impact across markets related to economic growth, job creation, and opportunity. Porat also oversees the company’s philanthropic efforts and work to expand access to digital infrastructure and skilling initiatives globally. She reports to Alphabet’s chief executive officer.
Porat joined Google in May 2015 as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Google and held the same title at Alphabet upon creation in October 2015. Prior to joining Google, she 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. Porat is a member of the board of directors of Blackstone Inc., the Stanford Management Company, the Council on Foreign Relations, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the board of trustees of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She previously spent ten years on Stanford University’s board of trustees.
Porat holds a BA from Stanford University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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