Google CEO Says Antitrust Trials Could Drag On for Years

  • Company faces two separate challenges from Justice Department
  • Pichai said Google’s appeals will delay impact to business

Sundar Pichai during an interview for an episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations in New York.

Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said it will take many years to resolve Google’s antitrust battles, downplaying the idea that they pose an immediate threat to the company’s business.

“It’s going to take time for it to play out,” Pichai said in an interview for an upcoming episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations. “Where we think it really harms our ability to innovate on behalf of our users, we are going to be vigorous in defending ourselves.”