Anat Ashkenazi

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Anat Ashkenazi is the CFO of Alphabet Inc. She had previously worked at Eli Lilly and Company since 2001, finishing as CFO there. [1] [2] [3]

Early life and career

An Israeli-American, [4] [5] Ashkenazi earned a degree in finance and economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. [3] She worked in the financial services sector in Israel, including for Ma'alot Standard & Poor's and Bank Hapoalim. [3]

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References

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  2. Nakrosis, Stephen. "Google's New CFO to Receive $9.9 Million Signing Bonus, $1 Million in Annual Salary". The Wall Street Journal .
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