Recipes for CEO Riches
Start with cash. To flavor, add equity.
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To hold on to Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, Alphabet offered him stock worth $199 million, a record equity award for the company.
Google has an advantage in the executive compensation wars: Its stock is coveted. If this were a different industry, say utilities, a prized executive might have to be wooed with cash.