Google CEO Pichai receives stock grant worth about $199 million

Reuters

Published Feb 09, 2016 12:36AM ET

Google CEO Pichai receives stock grant worth about $199 million

(Reuters) - Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received restricted stock worth about $199 million, according to a regulatory filing by Google parent company Alphabet Inc (O:GOOGL) (O:GOOG).

Pichai, who took over in August, received a grant for 273,328 Class C Google stock units on Feb. 3. The valuation is based on the stock's closing price on that date.