BUSINESS/INNOVATION

Ruth Porat

President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google

Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, remained one of the most powerful Jewish executives in global business during a year of intense institutional challenge. Raised in part in Israel before building her career in the United States, Porat brings a personal familiarity with Israeli society and security concerns to her leadership at one of the world’s most influential companies. As Google navigated internal unrest, political scrutiny, and debates over technology's responsible use, her role as a steady, disciplined institutional leader underscored the quiet but consequential presence of Israeli-rooted experience at the highest levels of global corporate governance.