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Alphabet’s AI bet shows early returns under Israeli-American CFO Anat Ashkenazi

JL;DR SUMMARY Anat Ashkenazi, an Israeli-American financial executive, has made significant strides in her role as CFO at Alphabet, following her successful tenure at Eli Lilly. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Hebrew UniversityGoogleTel Aviv UniversityEli LillyAnat AshkenaziAlphabetCfoAi InvestmentRuth PoratMark Isakowitz

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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
"Starting at Alphabet, a Silicon Valley innovator far from Eli Lilly HQ in Indianapolis, Ashkenazi needed to get the staff on board."
Israel
"first the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, and now the tech behemoth Alphabet, the parent company of Google... early stints at Maalot Standard & Poors, the Israeli credit rating agency, and at Bank Hapoalim, one of Israels oldest and largest banks, before moving to the U.S. in 2001 to work at Eli Lilly."
Pennsylvania, United States
"Two, she had to accelerate what had already started under Ruth, which is the capital allocation for the AI age. (Porat, like Ashkenazi, has Israeli roots: Though she was born in London, her parents met in Mandatory Palestine, and her father fought for Israel in the countrys War of Independence.) Alphabets latest earnings report showed that the companys investments in AI were beginning to pay off, even with large financial obligations planned for the year ahead. Ashkenazi has pledged to double down on AI.   As I look at the business, I see opportunities for further growth, propelled by AI, and the underlying momentum across the business, Ashkenazi said in her first earnings call at Alphabet in 2024."
Silicon Valley, California, United States
"Starting at Alphabet, a Silicon Valley innovator far from Eli Lilly HQ in Indianapolis, Ashkenazi needed to get the staff on board."

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