Google CEO Pichai owned his pay package doubled

New York, April 29: The India-born CEO of world's giant website Google Sundar Pichai had received a stock award worth of $198.7 million in 2016, and almost double of his 2015 stock award of $99.8 million, a media report said.

That brought his total compensation in 2016 to $199.7 million, almost twice the $100.6 million he earned in 2015.

Pichai had received a salary of $650,000 in 2016, slightly less than the $652,500 he earned in 2015, CNBC reported on Friday.



Pichai's massive pay package came even as his two bosses and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, once again drew salaries of only one dollar for their roles as CEO and President, respectively, of parent company Alphabet.

According to the report,Sunder Pichai's raise came during a year when Google's sales rose 22.5 percent and net income rose 19 per cent as it maintained its position as the top seller of internet advertising.