Kent Walker

Kent Walker is an American legal executive who has served as President of Global Affairs and Chief legal officer of Alphabet since 2021.[1]

Kent Walker
Walker in 2017
President, Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer of Alphabet Inc.
Assumed office
October 2021

Education and career

Walker graduated from Harvard College and Stanford Law School.[2] Before joining Google, Walker worked at various technology companies, including eBay, Netscape,[3] AOL, and Airtouch Communications.[4] Walker began his legal career in San Francisco at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, now Arnold & Porter, and worked as a litigator specializing in government and public law issues. He then served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the United States' Department of Justice.[5]

He currently serves on the Harvard Board of Overseers[6] and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[7] He was previously on the HeartFlow Board of Directors,[8] and advised the Mercy Corps Social Ventures Fund.[9]

Alphabet Inc.

Walker advises Alphabet's board and management on legal and policy issues,[10] its work with governments around the world,[11] its policies for content on its various services,[12] and its philanthropic efforts.[13]

"Kent's perspective, which he imbued his legal team with, is that the lawyers should bias toward making new things happen, and should not be agents of 'no'."

— Adam Kovacevich, former public-policy head of Google[14]

References
  1. "United States Securities And Exchange Commission Form 8-K". N/A. Washington, DC. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. Jackson, Eric. "Why Does Google Crave Elites for Their Management Team While Apple Eschews Them?". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  3. "really bad attitude". www.jwz.org. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  4. "Organizing the World's Information at Google Legal: Kent Walker, Vice President & General Counsel - Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)". www.acc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  5. "Googling Kent Walker - Super Lawyers California". Super Lawyers. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  6. "Kent Walker | Leadership Council on Legal Diversity". www.lcldnet.org. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  7. "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  8. "Kent Walker Joins HeartFlow Board of Directors". Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  9. "Mercy Corps' Social Venture Fund Overview" (PDF).
  10. "Organizing the World's Information at Google Legal: Kent Walker, Vice President & General Counsel - Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)". www.acc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  11. "Google has proposed changes in laws for requesting data". Recode. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  12. "Google rolls out new policies for U.S. election ads – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  13. "Google.org launches $5 million innovation fund to counter 'hate and extremism'". VentureBeat. 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  14. "Meet the Lawyer Trying to Keep Google From Being Broken Up". wsj.com. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
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