{"id":4564,"date":"2026-04-02T15:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/4564\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:31:42","slug":"sundar-pichai-pay-hike-google-grants-indian-origin-ceo-new-%e2%82%b963617982000-pay-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/4564\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundar Pichai pay hike: Google grants Indian-origin CEO new \u20b963,61,79,82,000 pay deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology giant Google <\/a>has increased CEO Sundar Pichai\u2019s total potential compensation to $692 million ( \u20b96,361 crore) over the next three years, making him one of the highest-paid chief executives in the world.<\/p>\n

A major portion of Pichai\u2019s package comes in performance stock units (PSUs) with a target value of $126 million, divided evenly into two tranches, according to a SEC filing. These stock awards are performance-linked, meaning their final value depends on how well Alphabet performs for shareholders.<\/p>\n

A while back, Elon Musk’s compensation package also drew global attention. In November 2025, shareholders of Tesla approved a new performance-based pay plan for the CEO that could be worth up to $1 trillion over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

How will the PSUs be valued?<\/p>\n

The PSUs are measured by comparing parent company Alphabet’s total shareholder return with other companies in the S&P 100.<\/p>\n

If Alphabet significantly outperforms its peers, the PSUs could pay up to twice the target amount, or $252 million. But if the company lags, the payout could even fall to zero.<\/p>\n

The Indian-origin chief executive will also receive $84 million in restricted stock over the next three years, vesting roughly on a monthly basis as long as he remains at the company. In addition, he will continue to draw an annual salary of $2 million.<\/p>\n

Stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing’s growth<\/p>\n

As part of the pay package, Google has added two new stock incentives worth as much as $350 million, linked to the growth of its self-driving taxi arm, Waymo, <\/a>and drone delivery start-up Wing.<\/p>\n

Pichai will receive shares in Waymo with a target value of $130 million and $45 million in Wing Aviation stock, based on their \u201cfair value\u201d, in the next three years. Again, both can pay out up to 200% of the target value if the performance goals tied to the businesses are met or exceeded.<\/p>\n

In that case, the CEO can receive as much as $692 million, with a baseline of $391 million in stock and salary.<\/p>\n

Pichai took over as Google’s chief executive in August 2015. Since then, the company’s market capitalisation has increased nearly sevenfold from $535 billion to $3.6 trillion, briefly crossing $4 trillion in January, according to FT.<\/p>\n

This sharp increase in the company’s valuation has also boosted Pichai’s personal wealth, making the 53-year-old former McKinsey <\/a>consultant a billionaire. His current net worth is $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pichai and his wife Anjali collectively own 1.67 million Google shares, valued at $498 million based on the company’s Friday closing stock price of $298, according to regulatory filings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Technology giant Google has increased CEO Sundar Pichai\u2019s total potential compensation to $692 million ( \u20b96,361 crore) over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[5215,5218,812,3420,2201,5219,4835,5023,608,5217,4839,5216],"class_list":{"0":"post-4564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sundar-pichai","8":"tag-ceo-sundar-pichai","9":"tag-esop","10":"tag-google","11":"tag-google-ceo","12":"tag-highest-paid-executives","13":"tag-mckinsey","14":"tag-performance-stock-units","15":"tag-stocks","16":"tag-sundar-pichai","17":"tag-sundar-pichai-net-worth","18":"tag-sundar-pichai-pay-package","19":"tag-total-compensation"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116335836027952158","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}