Patrick Pichette
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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Patrick Pichette CQ (born 1962) is a Canadian business executive and venture capitalist who was the senior vice president and the chief financial officer of Google from 2008 until 2015.[1] He then became a venture capital fund manager, and is a director for several companies and a foundation.[2]
Early life and education
Pichette was born in 1962 and raised in Montreal, Quebec.[3][4] He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Université du Québec à Montréal (1987) and a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Pembroke College of the University of Oxford.[1] He received a Rhodes Scholarship.[5]
Career
Pichette began his career in 1989 as an associate at McKinsey & Company in Toronto. In 1994, he left to become vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Toronto-based Call-Net Enterprises, but rejoined McKinsey in 1996 after Call-Net's acquisition by Rogers Communications. He joined BCE Inc. in 2001 as an executive vice president. From 2002 to 2003, he had a brief stint as Bell Canada's CFO, before transitioning to the role of president of operations which he held from 2004 to 2008.[5]
He was senior vice president and CFO of Google Inc. from 2008 until 2015.[1]
In April 2011, it was announced that Pichette would also be taking over human resources responsibilities within Google from vice president Laszlo Bock,[6] and BizOps from Shona Brown.[7]
In 2013, Pichette accepted a position on the board of directors for Bombardier Inc., a position he held until 2017.[8][9]
In March 2015, he announced he would retire to travel the world.[10][11] He was succeeded as CFO by Ruth Porat.
In June 2015, he received the
In April 2018, he joined Inovia Capital, a venture capital firm with offices in Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco and London.[3][13][14] After becoming a general partner at Inovia Capital, Pichette is splitting his time between the firm's offices in London,[2] Canada and Silicon Valley.
In 2019, Pichette became a lead founding member of UK's Creative Destruction Lab at Oxford.[15]
In 2021, Pichette was appointed as a board member of indoor cycling app company Zwift.[16]
Pichette was appointed independent board chair of
Pichette serves on the Board of Directors as chair of the board at Montreal-based company
Personal life
Pichette lives in London, and is married to Tamar Pichette,[3] with whom he has three children.[22]
He and his wife Tamar are involved in philanthropic projects including a conservation and research project with Nature Conservancy of Canada in protecting Kenauk, a 65,000 acre territory between Montreal and Ottawa.[23][24][25] They are active partners in a project with Himalayan Cataract Project, building an eye hospital in Ethiopia.
References
- ^ a b c "Bell Canada Executive Patrick Pichette to Join Google Executive Team". Google.
- ^ a b "Former Google CFO Patrick Pichette just joined the world of venture capital", Connie Loizos, April 11, 2018, TechCrunch
- ^ a b c "Former Google CFO Patrick Pichette's vacation is over: He's becoming a VC". April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018.
- ^ Pichette, Patrick (September 28, 2022). "The Times They Are A-Changin'". Inovia. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022.
- ^ a b Kennedy, David (March 11, 2015). "Google's Canadian CFO to embark on the adventures of early retirement". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Google CFO to take on HR duties". HR Grapevine. April 14, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ Liz Gannes (April 11, 2011). "More Google Management Changes: CFO Patrick Pichette Adds BizOps and HR to His Duties". All Things D. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ Schwartz, Claire Brownell (December 14, 2016). "Money began to rain on Trudeau Foundation once Justin took over Liberals, analysis shows". National Post. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Bombardier recrute Patrick Pichette, de Google". TVA Nouvelles. October 31, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ Guyunn, Jessica (March 10, 2015). "Google CFO Patrick Pichette to retire". USA Today. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^ Patrick Pichette (March 10, 2015). "Blog posting". Google Plus. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ "Patrick Pichette - National Order of Quebec (In French)". ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "INovia Sngas CFOs from Google and Blackberry to Lead Growth Fund", The Globe and Mail, April 11, 2018
- ^ "Top Google / RIM Executives Join Canada's iNovia Capital To Transform Growth Investing"Top Google", iNovia Capital
- ^ "Former Google CFO to coach British spinouts in becoming the next tech winners". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022.
- ^ "Zwift Adds Twitter's Pichette, Lululemon's Burgoyne to Board".
- ^ "Inline XBRL Viewer".
- ^ "Quebecer among Twitter board members fired after Elon Musk takeover". CTV News. October 31, 2022. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022.
- ^ Patrick Pichette: Lead Independent Director
- ^ Patrick Pichette
- ^ "About Us". Arctoris. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ Moore, Karl (September 5, 2016). "Patrick Pichette: 'When work starts feeling too comfortable, fire yourself'". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Coulton, Marisa (February 12, 2023). "'More stuff means less happiness': Twitter's former board chair Patrick Pichette strives for a simpler life". Financial Post – via Yahoo! Finance.
- ^ "Luxury lodge rental in Outaouais, Quebec - Kenauk Nature". Luxury lodge rental in Outaouais, Quebec - Kenauk Nature. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Wilderness Research". Kenauk Institute. Retrieved July 8, 2021.