Prabhakar Raghavan is a Senior Vice President at Google. He is responsible for Google Search, Assistant, Geo, Ads, Commerce and Payments products.
Prabhakar is one of the foremost authorities on Search and is the co-author of two widely-used graduate texts on algorithms and on search: Randomized Algorithms and Introduction to Information Retrieval. He has over 20 years of research spanning algorithms, web search and databases, published over 100 papers in various fields, and holds 20 issued patents, including several on link analysis for web search.
Previously, he served as Vice President of Google Apps, Google Cloud, overseeing engineering, products and user experience. Under his leadership, the Apps business expanded from a set of consumer apps to an enterprise solution that is a major contributor to Google’s Cloud business. He also grew both Gmail and Drive past 1 billion MAUs and introduced a number of machine intelligence features in G Suite, including Smart Reply, Smart Compose, Drive Quick Access — each leading to measurable improvements in user experience.
In 2018 he became responsible for the Ads & Commerce teams, including search, display and video advertising, analytics, shopping, payments, and travel. He’s helped drive double-digit growth, while remaining centered on longstanding principles of user trust and fair value exchange among users, publishers, and advertisers.
Prior to joining Google, Prabhakar founded and led Yahoo! Labs where he was responsible for search and ad ranking, as well as ad marketplace design, and later served as the company’s Chief Strategy Officer. He also served as CTO at Verity, and held various positions over the course of 14 years at IBM with a focus on algorithms, data mining and machine learning.
Prabhakar holds a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering; a Fellow of the ACM and IEEE; a former editor in chief for the Journal of the ACM; and was a Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. In 2009, he was awarded a Laurea honoris causa from the University of Bologna.
What is Prabhakar Raghavan's net worth?
The estimated net worth of Prabhakar Raghavan is at least $9.59 million as of April 3rd, 2023. Dr. Raghavan owns 76,580 shares of Alphabet stock worth more than $9,590,113 as of June 3rd. This net worth approximation does not reflect any other assets that Dr. Raghavan may own. Learn More about Prabhakar Raghavan's net worth.
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Has Prabhakar Raghavan been buying or selling shares of Alphabet?
During the last ninety days, Prabhakar Raghavan has sold $3,349,931.34 in shares of Alphabet stock. Most recently, Prabhakar Raghavan sold 32,379 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, April 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.46, for a transaction totalling $3,349,931.34. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 76,580 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,922,966.80. Learn More on Prabhakar Raghavan's trading history.
Who are Alphabet's active insiders?
Alphabet's insider roster includes Frances Arnold (Director), Aaron Boynton (CAO), Sergey Brin (Director), Sergey Brin (Insider), James Campbell (VP), L Doerr (Director), David Drummond (SVP), John Hennessy (Director), John Hennessy (Director), Ann Mather (Director), Amie O'toole (CAO), Lawrence Page (CEO), Sundar Pichai (CEO), Ruth Porat (SVP & CFO), Prabhakar Raghavan (SVP), Philipp Schindler (SVP), Kavitark Shriram (Director), John Walker (SVP), and Kent Walker (SVP). Learn More on Alphabet's active insiders.
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Alphabet?
During the last twelve months, Alphabet insiders bought shares 7 times. They purchased a total of 2,193,919 shares worth more than $58,134,587.47. During the last twelve months, insiders at the information services provider sold shares 52 times. They sold a total of 1,171,100 shares worth more than $71,358,261.47. The most recent insider tranaction occured on June, 2nd when Director Ann Mather sold 9,540 shares worth more than $1,195,648.20. Insiders at Alphabet own 13.0% of the company.
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