“SEC filings showed Pichai was paid a total of $226 million last year, mostly through a $218 million stock award, which he receives every three years.”
Alphabet cut 12,000 jobs, trimmed laptops, fitness classes and cafe snacks, and then authorized a $70 billion stock buyback. Pichai took $226 million, including nearly $6 million for personal security. In January he took “full responsibility” for the layoffs. Responsibility at Google means 12,000 people lose their jobs and the CEO skips a bonus.