Porat: The whole legacy of the history of Israel was at stake. Israel had been founded only 12 years earlier, in 1948, but the heritage of its people is ancient. We have very few surviving ...

After nine years as Alphabet CFO, Ruth Porat transitioned to a new role in 2023: president and chief investment officer. (She continued as CFO concurrently until July of this year, when Anat ...

(Porat will step down as CFO when Alphabet names a successor.) The shake-up puts Porat in charge of the company’s portfolio of “Other Bets” like self-driving car unit Waymo and deep-pocketed ...