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.