Claim · from 2019-12-03 (stated in Alphabet Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A, definitive), 2026-04-24) · Stated in source · Supported

Alphabet’s Form 8-K reports that on 3 December 2019 Alphabet announced the appointment of Sundar Pichai as Alphabet’s chief executive officer, effective immediately.

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Sundar Pichai → held role at → Alphabet

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Claim and evidence

Sundar Pichaiheld role at ↓Alphabet

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Date: from 2019-12-03 (stated in Alphabet Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A, definitive), 2026-04-24) Records dated 2019 →
Role: Chief Executive Officer

Scope and limitsThe interval has no end in this record; it does not assert the role after 24 April 2026.

The evidence 02

primary sourceSupports the claim

Alphabet Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K (event of 3 December 2019)

Alphabet Inc. (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission) · 2019-12-04

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Source excerpt

“On December 3, 2019, Alphabet Inc. (“Alphabet”) announced … the appointment of Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer of Google LLC (“Google”), as Alphabet’s Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.”

Location in source Item 5.02, first paragraph

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: Alphabet Inc. (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission)
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 337ca3f76a80a2f3f499d60ed27b6fe508fc7d7d7f1506eb8d66c78341f5d416). Form 8-K as filed on EDGAR on 4 December 2019, accession 0001193125-19-305505.
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Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Alphabet Inc. (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission), “Alphabet Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K (event of 3 December 2019)”, 2019-12-04.
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Check notes: The quotation (27 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes, PDF line-break hyphens and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-30, item 5) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed in part: some of the record’s sources could not be retrieved in the check, without any contradiction; nothing was changed at admission. No human editorial review.

primary sourceSupports the claim

Alphabet Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A, definitive)

Alphabet Inc. (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission) · 2026-04-24

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Source excerpt

“joined Google in 2004 and was named the Chief Executive Officer of Google in October 2015 and of Alphabet in December 2019”

Location in source Election of Directors, director nominee profile of Sundar Pichai

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: Alphabet Inc. (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission)
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 2d224b5e6994a1e2932fd0b5ca931aad2ccedce1ee55bddbb0e63dac45c24d49). Definitive proxy statement as filed on EDGAR, accession 0001308179-26-000342; letters dated 24 April 2026; director information as of 6 April 2026.
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Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Alphabet Inc. (filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission), “Alphabet Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A, definitive)”, 2026-04-24.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: The quotation (22 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes, PDF line-break hyphens and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review.

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Relation. An institutional role with explicitly scoped time: snapshot, sourced interval, or unknown dates. No continuing appointment is implied.

Date. Start from the 8-K, which states the announcement date and that the appointment was effective immediately. The 2026 proxy statement lists him as Alphabet's chief executive; no end is recorded.

Record ID pp-ex-pichai-alphabet-ceo-2019