[jsnell]

I mean, of course he isn't going to resign. There's no personal gain in that; no other company sure isn't stupid enough to pay him $100M/year. He should, however, probably be fired by the board.

His primary selling point as a CEO is, as far as I can tell, the ability to avoid rocking the boat and just keep the money printer running and the stock price going up. It's not the stuff you'd normally expect from a CEO, like inspiring the employees, executing bold strategic moves (that turn out work), and it's not building or maintaining a healthy corporate culture that makes great products.

But clearly he actually can't do even that one thing, and has repeatedly steered Google into icebergs. The latest one costing the shareholders $100 billion.

[paulpan]

This +100. Sundar has been a competent "steward" but clearly he isn't the visionary the company needs nor shareholders expect.

Just look at Google's recent failures or inability to thwart competitors, despite its massive scale and resources:

- YouTube Short: took too long (4+ years) to launch against TikTok

- Meet: lacked feature parity to Zoom despite the perfect market condition

- Stadia: telegraphed its intention (Project Stream) 5 years early and lacked conviction

- ChatGPT: caught flat-footed and playing catch-up for 2+ years now

It's surprising that he hasn't been fired by the board already.