Google spends 22% more on CEO Sundar PIchai's security in 2024, says: We believe these arrangements and costs are ...

A new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that Google paid $8.27 million for CEO Sundar Pichai’s personal security in 2024. The figure is up almost 22% from $6.78 million in 2023. The increase reportedly came as Pichai travelled extensively in 2024. In a proxy statement with the securities exchange, the company said “In 2024, Sundar’s security arrangements included residential security and consultation fees, security monitoring services, car and driver services, and personal security during all travel.”


“We believe these arrangements and costs are reasonable, appropriate, necessary and in the best interests of Alphabet and its stockholders, as they mitigate risks to our business,” it further added. In the document, the company says that “we do not consider these additional security arrangements to be a personal benefit to Sundar because they arise from the nature of his employment responsibilities.”


As per the proxy statement, Pichai’s total compensation in 2024 was $10.73 million, including the stock awards. It is up from $8.8 million in the previous year.


Google’s annual stockholders meet on June 6

Google is scheduled to hold its annual meeting of stockholders on June 6, 2025. Here’s the full text of Pichai’s letter to shareholders announcing the same:


Dear Stockholders


We are pleased to invite you to participate in our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Annual Meeting) to be held on Friday, June 6, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time. We have adopted a virtual format for our Annual Meeting to provide a consistent experience to all stockholders regardless of location.


Alphabet stockholders of Class A or Class B common stock (or their proxy holders) as of the close of business on the record date, April 8, 2025 (Record Date), can participate in and vote at our Annual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GOOGL25 and entering the 16-digit control number included in their Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (Notice), voting instruction form, or proxy card. All others may view a live webcast of our Annual Meeting through our Investor Relations YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/AlphabetIR on Friday, June 6, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time.


Further details regarding participation in our Annual Meeting and the business to be conducted are described in the Notice you received in the mail and in this proxy statement. We have also made available a copy of our 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders (Annual Report) with this proxy statement. We encourage you to read our Annual Report. It includes our audited financial statements and provides information about our business.


We have elected to provide access to our proxy materials online under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s “notice and access” rules. We are constantly focused on improving the ways people connect with information and believe that providing our proxy materials online increases the ability of our stockholders to connect with the information they need, while reducing the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting.


Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to participate in our Annual Meeting, we hope you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote online, as well as by telephone, or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, by mailing a proxy or voting instruction form. Please review the instructions on each of your voting options described in this proxy statement and in the Notice you received in the mail. For more information, please see the Questions and Answers section of this proxy statement or visit the Annual Meeting of Stockholders section under the heading “Governance” on our Investor Relations website at https://abc.xyz/investor/annual-meeting/.


Thank you for your ongoing support of, and continued interest in, Alphabet.