The David Rubenstein Show: Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat

Sep.17 -- Ruth Porat, Alphabet Inc. chief financial officer, talks about having most employees working at home, breaking through the glass ceiling on Wall Street, surviving cancer twice, and the importance of finding the right work-life balance. She appears on the latest episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations." The interview was recorded on Aug. 31.

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You can tell the intelligence of a man not only by what he says, but by the questions he asks, David is one sharp pencil that provokes great thought provoking conversation.

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David Rubenstein is a great interviewer.

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She looks influencing, powerful and inspiring.

[@AndrewKemp15]

The power of peer to peer conversations is such a game changer.

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whats old is new again

[@Russdlcz]

Theres always something to learn from these interviews!!! Thanks David

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I am a great fan of David Rubenstein. Absolutely love these interviews...

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It is always pleasure to watch the David Rubenstein Show. Thank you very much, David!

[@mjalals]

David is a genius interviewer. Ruth is uniquely talented and proves that she is the right leader in her tough job.

[@kara6320]

She is so well-spoken!!!

[@jamesmenzies9392]

So is the devil

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David's show... all time my favourite

[@alexh.4842]

Excellent interview. Thx to both!

[@idaraakpan1021]

Fantastic interview

[@MissAwa515]

Idk who can do a better peer to peer interview than D Rubinstein. It’s surprising on how few views this channel has. Where’s people??

[@kyleho5884]

Ruth Porat apparently speaks from experience and in an eloquent and wisdom-filled manner. I'm so impressed and inspired by her and I truly enjoyed every minute of this precious interview hosted by David Rubenstein. I'm so grateful.

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She is such a diplomatic interviewee.

[@shilpapathak2296]

I love watching the show. Enjoyed the show. Thanks

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Great interview!!

[@omarkhedr5855]

Wow Ruth is an amazing leader and David is an epic interviewer for sure

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I liked this interview so much....Ruth is so humble and answered all the questions pretty well...herr Voice was very pleasing to hear..

[@davidr4523]

Image how talented you must be to be selected CFO of Google. On top of this she has 3 children and is a cancer survivor. Her comment was of "We actually have $120 billion, but who is counting. Wow!

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She’s smart as hell!

[@diggisingh]

We've got $120 bn. but anyways who is counting :D

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Very nice interview

[@MissAwa515]

There’s something in her manner that I really love.

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Very nice! Cheers from Belgium

[@forceforgood4669]

Great interview. I identify with her father 100%.

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Some great advices in here

[@blackrevenue8421]

Flex: We have $120 billion in cash, but who's counting?

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120*

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Fabulous woman!!

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Wunderbar ! Wonderfull

[@sharathreddy2848]

good to have Ruth Pora on the interview, when are we gonna see Sundar Pichai as he is the one remaining. Anyway nice peer to peer session.

[@vegan3650]

he asked about free food. one of the reasons these companies have done that through the years is not to be nice. it's so workers are not leaving their chairs and stopping work.

[@raflc5933]

So inspiring. Hey Google, keep inspiring

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Ruth Porat-Cool, collective and super intelligent.

[@The1990game]

Ruth looks amazing and her black boots look lovely too!

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Are you guys going to upload on Spotify

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Love this guy

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Very Intelligent woman👍

[@aliqazilbash5231]

What happened David, is that when I was emulating all of you, the enterprise was centralized and I was "M" However, since Bill showed a reluctance to show up within due time, I had to shift my strategy and decentralize my "virtual empire!" I am only grateful to all of my men and my women for taking the iniative, just as the ball was tossed to them, they were already prepared. It also yielded a contrasting position for me, because before I was a CEO at one end of the spectrum, i was virtually an autocrat, setting goals and developing strategy with only limited assistance from subordinates, but now, I am at the other end of the spectrum, where i get to encourage others through meaningful comments, encourage other managers to emerge as champions of strategy! I am proud but I don't show it, I just wanted all of you to know it. The challenges which i face are as follows; Bill is still ambiguous, i had to expend a lot of time and energy just to work out his position, why is he seeking a bargain? I am the one who is cash strapped and therefore, I cannot support my approach neither could I serve as a coach, coordinator and or a moderator as the discussions tend to be extensive and i keep having to adopt a looping revisits, in order to nurture some of the better ideas, however as a ceo, i don't have the power or capacity to fund my interest, capitalize on opportunities, follow through with discussions, and or reward selectively in the form of seeking a formal partnership or offering to purchase a piece of what others are serving. And as a consequence, I cannot elaborate organizational goals or behavior or expectations... Bill shouldn't be this controlling or he has underestimated me a bit excessively. Jenn is ambiguous, that is unsettling, crazy kids are trying to sabotage my progress and that is so detrimental that i could only be patient enough to make them compensate for their interferences, later. I am doing something complex here, and i cannot afford to jeopardize any of it based on a trivial and inconsistent response from my CFO. There behavior is genuinely bulls hit at this point, they could be ninja's for now but that only makes things worst for me and by wasting every single opportunity to progress towards concrete terms, i think they are seeking irrelevance while they should be laser focused on what i am asking of them. One way to look at it is to consider my immensely advantageous position in the real world, the other harsher reality is that all of my work is amounting to zero because i am soon to be married to a house of mules. I am extremely demanding, they should start considering the fact that it is well beyond their appropriate deadline to assist, i am seeking emotional connectivity based on rational thinking, because when you ask someone how do they feel about a particular uncertain situation ahead, whatever there response might be, as long as we could both feel the same way about an object being analyzed, the mutual feeling alone would stand for an agreement towards the final decision my ears ring from stress, so i have to put down my earphones. You guys cause me stress like i popped out of your belly, you don't know that your fears are a direct result of your selfishness, you keep entertaining wicked thoughts about my intentions only because I am hidden from you and so you only end up judging yourself. whether you think you can or you can't; you are right! keep that in mind.

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A very strong leader who is so a cancer survival.

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I get to be smart and inquisitive.

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i like ruth porat

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Recorded in August 31

[@jackjackthompson5771]

Problem with finance people at corporates is that they think that they are as important as on Wall Street, where finance rules, while the reality is that the actual business they don’t actually have that much of an impact on since the business isn’t money, like on WS. Still, interesting interview

[@rwnorris24]

Do an episode on banking history during the Jimmy Carter Administration; BCCI.

[@rwnorris24]

@17:06 Painful to whom? I’d say the modern day corporate feminist movement has been plenty painful & destructive in its own regards, Mrs. Porat.

[@kriterium123]

Great woman

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#KZbin #Google the previous ad from #Samsung, i know the Education Industry looks quite disrupted given the fact, people have free sources over the internet to equip themselves in the knowledge acquisition, learning and development department, what happens to the physical infrastructures say university campuses, colleges, schools, academic focussed institutions, training and coaching centres ? Every time a person has to apply for a job interview, ofcourse they had to produce physical copy of their Qualification certificates, combined with scanned copies/take pictures from the papers(which most of the time not in high resolution), however when will Educational Institutions take the initiative to provide digital certificates with authentic/digital signatures unique identification markers for each certificate along with paper certificates from the respective schools, Educational boards authorities, colleges and universities ? Education is afterall globalized.

[@boredstrayingtheinternet2557]

Excellent interview. I like the two questions if Google is too powerful (6:38) and what to do with USD 100 billion cash (7:44). She seems to have no actual answers to these important issues, though.

[@davidcar4632]

$24,453,769 a year salary. WOW

[@theresidetective1646]

she is a star. make googl succesful in 2022 please.

[@stevehome2900]

Share buyback is one of the worst options for big successful companies. It is one of the easiest way to use your cash. It does not require big thinking. A company like Google with $120 Billion in cash and they don't know how to spend then it is opening the way for doom. Same is the case with Apple. It shows that they have run out of ideas. The world is full of ideas.

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0:38

[@yaxiongzhao6640]

Ruth is hired to do a job that the founder decided to do, i.e.: turn Google into a conventional company; and was opposite to Google's original vision. Of cuz Ruth is well qualified and did a terrific job, but she probably would be remembered as one of the icons that cement Google's degradation.

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Moved to duck duck go

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Of course it was Bill Campbell. It's always Bill Campbell.

[@texasdude1]

I wish she’d be treated like an equal..... and stop starting a question with “being a woman “.

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Next sunder pichai

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I bet it’s an INSANELY stressful job...she’s actually 33 y/o ....

[@itprofessional4637]

@JackJack Thompson - Dude she is 63 y/o (where did you get that 33 y/o from?)

[@jackjackthompson5771]

IT Professional it was only to exaggerate the aging she has gone through via stress... obviously she is not 33, but by saying she is 33 and has had so much stress that she looks 63, it was making that point.... guess not i suppose but was not literal 😂✌🏻✌🏻

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@@itprofessional4637 I know who's not going to get a job at Google

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Can you not frame her entire career in terms of her gender?

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[@jamesmenzies9392]

I just watched this woman on tv. She’s bought into her own corp speel.when she talks about her firm it’s all crap.

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Come on your smarter than that maybe you not

[@stevensmith8876]

If she ever becomes CEO, short the stock. I've never heard a more perfectly rendered form of mindless "corporate-speak" than what came out of her mouth.

[@charleneaira3996]

You can tell the intelligence of a man not only by what he says, but by the questions he asks, David is one sharp pencil that provokes great thought provoking conversation.