--- title: Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package description: Alphabet has structured a three-year compensation package for Google CEO Sundar Pichai potentially worth $692 million, largely tied to performance metrics... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package-njztmyec6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package | daily.dev og:description: Alphabet has structured a three-year compensation package for Google CEO Sundar Pichai potentially worth $692 million, largely tied to performance metrics... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package-njztmyec6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NjzTMyec6.png og:image:alt: Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 82 upvotes · 30 comments ## Summary Alphabet has structured a three-year compensation package for Google CEO Sundar Pichai potentially worth $692 million, largely tied to performance metrics including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture. The deal could make Pichai one of the highest-paid executives globally. Meanwhile, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have been making headlines for purchasing lavish Miami properties, widely interpreted as a response to California's proposed Billionaire Tax Act targeting net worths over $1 billion. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@byteoutlaw** · 3 upvotes > Hope he's wise enough to help people with that amount! :D - congratz! **@kavyaj** · 2 upvotes > Crazy! Can't even visualize what that number feels like in reality. Perhaps, even for him, it is as abstract as it is to us. **@chrisbmac** · 1 upvotes > Could you imagine making this kind of money, one person... But hey, majority of people are struggling. > Oh right, he "earned" it. > How did he "earn" it? **@abdel94** · 1 upvotes > It's all political and lobbying **@willhancock8** · 0 upvotes > Imagine a world where you can practice tax avoidance by moving to the same country HAHA ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI bubble inflates Microsoft CEO pay to $96.5M](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-bubble-inflates-microsoft-ceo-pay-to-96-5m-gcx4jaluo) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google workers rally at Mountain View HQ, demanding a floor under their jobs](https://daily.dev/posts/google-workers-rally-at-mountain-view-hq-demanding-a-floor-under-their-jobs-utqdeaury) · The Next Web · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Alphabet tops $4-trillion valuation](https://daily.dev/posts/alphabet-tops-4-trillion-valuation-1gpqrwaod) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties](https://daily.dev/posts/sundar-pichai-faces-boos-walkout-at-stanford-graduation-ceremony-over-google-s-israel-ice-ties-p9pf3sngr) · TechCrunch · 29 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package-njztmyec6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package-njztmyec6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package-njztmyec6"},"datePublished":"2026-03-08T00:25:05.474Z","dateModified":"2026-03-08T00:25:30.009Z","description":"Alphabet has structured a three-year compensation package for Google CEO Sundar Pichai potentially worth $692 million, largely tied to performance metrics...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7eeb14613221fda12f93c221f65e94e6?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7eeb14613221fda12f93c221f65e94e6?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":30,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package-njztmyec6","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":82},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":30}],"keywords":"tech-news,google","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-gave-sundar-pichai-a-692m-pay-package-njztmyec6","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Hope he’s wise enough to help people with that amount! :D - congratz!","datePublished":"2026-03-15T09:22:03.986Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/NjzTMyec6#c-v1CgT4i8c","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob B. 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