Only months into his CEO tenure, Sundar Pichai is steering Alphabet through the biggest economic storm it has ever faced
But there are parts of Alphabet that also will benefit from the current global situation. In its 4Q19 earnings, the company broke out its YouTube and Cloud earnings for the first time, and top Wall Street analysts tell Business Insider they have earmarked both of these as areas to grow as the world works from home and consumption of video content skyrockets.
As CEO of Google since 2015, Pichai was already handling some of these problems, but it wasn't until last December — when co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped aside — that he took control of the entirety of Alphabet. But just days before this, Google and Apple announced an unprecedented partnership on a contract tracing technology that will work across iPhones and Android smartphones, telling users if they have come into close proximity with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
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