Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $ 23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. TechCrunch’s sources heard similar and added that deal discussions could last into next week. If this deal does end up getting done, it would be Alphabet’s largest acquisition yet. […]
Alphabet’s new CFO is Eli Lilly’s Anat Ashkenazi
Alphabet has announced who its new chief financial officer (CFO) will be, revealing today that it has hired pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company’s CFO Anat Ashkenazi. The news comes nearly a year after Alphabet confirmed current CFO Ruth Porat’s departure, noting that she would remain in position until they found a replacement. Porat joined […]
A peek inside Alphabet’s $7 billion growth-stage investing arm, CapitalG
Almost a year ago, Alphabet’s growth stage venture arm, CapitalG, named partner Laela Sturdy as its new head, just as the unit’s founder, David Lawee, stepped down. Few were surprised Sturdy was promoted to the post. She joined Google in 2007 in a marketing role, was pulled into a number of departments in the following […]