Google’s Alphabet Experiment Misses Goal: Keeping Executives

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  • Three Alphabet CEOs have left since June; Barratt is latest

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When Google co-founder Larry Page created Alphabet Inc., he gave three primary reasons: free up the main internet business from its costly "moonshot" projects; turn those audacious experiments into real businesses; and keep entrepreneurial leaders from leaving.

Fifteen months later, that third pillar looks like it’s crumbling.