[humanlion87]

I highly doubt you can get to the executive level of such a large company without playing politics. And playing it well. It's inevitable.

[texasbigdata]

There was a comment in one of the Google biographies that the execs fought so much (maybe bill Campbell? RIP) that Sundnar became the person to unwedge the egos and therefore got selected on that basis.

[discordance]

It's hard to think of a 'successful' tech org without a massive ego at the top. So far Sundar hasn't shown he has what it takes. Is a massive ego required to drive these orgs?