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Ruth Porat

Arnd WiegmannREUTERS
  • Title
    SVP and CFO
  • Affiliation
    Google, Alphabet
  • Age
    62
  • 2020 Rank
    10
Porat’s massive job got even bigger this year, as she led the team managing Google’s response to the pandemic, sending more than 100,000 Googlers to work from home and helping provide small businesses with access to grants and loans to survive the crisis. There may be bumps ahead, though: With digital ad spending down, Alphabet’s $162 billion business reported its first-ever revenue decline in Q2.

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