Ruth Porat

Ruth Porat is President and Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google since September 2023, responsible for corporate investments and investment vehicles, including GV and CapG, the Other Bets investment portfolio, Real Estate and Workplace Services. She regularly engages with policymakers and regulators about the Company's business and impact across markets related to economic growth, job creation, and opportunity.

Porat holds a BA from Stanford University, an MSc from The London School of Economics and an MBA from the Wharton School. She holds a B.A. in economics and international relations from Stanford University, a M.Sc. in industrial relations from the London School of Economics, and a M.B.A. with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Career history

• President and Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google (September 2023–present)
• Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet and Google (May 2015 – July 2024)
• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley (January 2010–May 2015)
• Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley (September 2003 – December 2009) and Global Head of the Financial Institutions Group (September 2006 – December 2009)
• Joined Morgan Stanley in 1987

During the financial crisis, Ruth led the Morgan Stanley teams advising the United States Treasury regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the New York Federal Reserve Bank with respect to AIG. Under her leadership at Alphabet, she has driven efficiency by controlling expenses and optimizing capital allocation, and overseen the massive growth of Google Cloud. Porat has been praised for reining in spending on some of Google's "other bets," including delivering its own wireless service. Forbes ranked her the 12th most powerful woman globally in 2024, and Institutional Investor named her Best Internet CFO in 2018.

What Ruth Porat could bring to her role as President and Chief Investment Officer: Her tenure as CFO of one of the world's largest technology companies, combined with a 27-year track record navigating major financial crises at Morgan Stanley, positions her to strategically direct Alphabet's $billions in corporate venture investments across emerging technologies. Her documented expertise in disciplined capital allocation, financial transparency, and navigating regulatory complexity across global markets aligns precisely with the infrastructure, oversight, and stakeholder management demands of leading Alphabet's portfolio of moonshot ventures and real estate expansion critical to AI infrastructure development.