Google CEO Testifies at Ozy Trial, Denies $600 Million Offer
- Sundar Pichai testified at trial of ex-Ozy CEO Carlos Watson
- Watson allegedly told investor Google wanted to acquire Ozy
Sundar Pichai
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Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai took the witness stand at the fraud trial of Ozy Media Inc. co-founder Carlos Watson, testifying that the search giant never intended to buy the startup for any amount of money.
Watson is accused of defrauding investors of tens of millions of dollars by lying about Ozy’s business success, including boasting that Alphabet’s Google had offered to buy the company for “hundreds of millions of dollars.”