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Alphabet’s top lawyer announced he is leaving the company he
helped build amid an investigation into his relationships with
other staffers.
David Drummond, the 56-year-old chief legal officer of Google’s
parent company, will leave the search giant at the end of the
month, according to a note he sent to colleagues.
And despite having been with the tech giant for 18 years,
Drummond is not receiving an exit package, a spokeswoman
confirmed.
In his letter, Drummond claims he is going to “retire,” and
cites the recent decision of Google co-founders Larry Page and
Sergey Brin to step back from operational roles as factoring
into his decision to also jump ship.
“With Larry and Sergey now leaving their executive roles at
Alphabet, the company is entering an exciting new phase, and I
believe that it’s also the right time for me to make way for the
next generation of leaders,” Drummond wrote. “As a result, after
careful consideration, I have decided to retire at the end of
this month.”
But the departure also comes just months after it emerged that
Alphabet’s board of directors opened an investigation into
Drummond after a stunning blog post by a former underling who
accused him of regularly ignoring the tech giant’s rules around
romantic relationships.
Drummond not only failed to tell his superiors about his
extramarital affair with Jennifer Blakely, who worked under him,
he then left her for a co-worker a year after they had a child
together, Blakely claimed in her August blog post on Medium.
Drummond then had an affair with his “personal assistant,”
followed by yet another subordinate from the legal department,
Blakely said.
At the time, Drummond admitted to a “difficult” breakup with
Blakely, but denied having “started a relationship with anyone
else who was working at Google or Alphabet.” A week later, he
married Corinne Dixon, who also works in Google’s legal
department, but who does not report directly to Drummond.
The lawyer last week dumped $77 million worth of Alphabet stock,
according to SEC filings, and had dumped more than an additional
$100 million in the previous two months.
Aside from confirming Drummond’s departure and his lack of an
exit package, Google declined to comment.
In 2018, Google made headlines for eye-popping severance
packages it has paid to three executives accused of sexual
misconduct — including a $90 million golden parachute for
Android creator Andy Rubin.
https://nypost.com/2020/01/10/google-parents-top-lawyer-quits- amid-sexual-misconduct-probe/
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