Google once paid $100 million to this Indian-American man to retain him

Google paid an Indian-American businessman a mammoth $100 million a decade ago to keep him from joining Twitter, now known as X.

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00:00Google paid this Indian American $100 million to stop him from joining Twitter.

00:05YouTube CEO Neil Mohan recently revealed in the podcast that Google offered him a $100

00:09million stock package in 2011 to keep him from joining Twitter, now called X.

00:15At the time, Twitter had approached Mohan for the role of Chief Product Officer, aiming

00:18to strengthen its product leadership.

00:20This isn't the first time Google has gone to great lengths to retain top talent.

00:24The company has reportedly offered generous payouts to some of its leading AI engineers,

00:28particularly from its DeepMind division, to prevent them from moving to rivals.

00:33In some cases, employees are placed on extended garden leaf or bound by non-compete agreements,

00:38during which they continue receiving salaries but are temporarily restricted from joining

00:42competitors like OpenAI or Microsoft.

00:45This ensures strategic talent doesn't immediately shift to key rivals in the rapidly evolving

00:49AI Space.

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