Alphabet Top Lawyer Nets $15 Million in Year of Antitrust Fights

Alphabet Inc. paid its top lawyer nearly $14.7 million in compensation last year, the tech titan said Friday.

J. Kent Walker Jr., president of global affairs and chief legal officer at Google parent company Alphabet, was among the company’s top paid executives in 2021. Alphabet disclosed the pay information in a proxy statement filed late Friday.

The company faces increasing antitrust scrutiny from the Justice Department. A group of state attorneys general has also been accused Alphabet of monopolizing the digital advertising market.

Walker earned $650,000 in base salary from Alphabet and about $14 million in stock awards last year. ...