A biography for Patrick Pichettehasn’t been written yet.
“People forget that YouTube is the second-largest search site on the Web. It just tells you the power of how many people live on YouTube.”
“Every time I can find another engineer to add to the Chrome OS platform, I'm going to hire him.”
“I guess you can run from Google, but you definitely can't hide.”
“I have made so many friends at Google it's not funny.”
“If you think of what you do on your mobile and what you do on your PC, they're typically very different, and because they're different, they bring you additional value and additional opportunities.”
“Google will continue to be the place of choice, and we wanted to signal that very clearly to our employees.”
“Working at Google is a privilege, nothing less.”
“It makes no sense to make people drive cars.”
“There is something magical about sharing meals.”
“If you live in the digital economy, you have to be careful to have your investment thesis squarely bolted into your reality.”
“Being your own person and standing for what you believe is a critical aspect of a good professional life.”
“The vast majority of young people I meet would benefit so much from a year off. You should just go waste a year in exploring the beauty of the world and trying the craziest experiences you can.”
“If you're on Earth as a single-purpose engine, and there's only one thing you want to do for the rest of your life, have at it.”
“People should understand that Google changes every day.”
“I just didn't want a boss. The minute you're a CEO, you have a pile of bosses, and you're working 7/24, and you're on everyone's radar all the time.”
“People die at 100 years old now. When I was a kid, people died at 67.”
“There is an obsessive focus on speed at Google.”