Pres, Global Affairs, CLO
Kent Walker, also known as Walker Kent, is President of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) at Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), overseeing content policy, government and regulatory affairs, legal, risk, and compliance matters.[[1]](https://www.aspensecurityforum.org/walker-kent/)[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Walker)[[3]](https://bipartisanpolicy.org/person/kent-walker/) Born in 1961 in Palo Alto, he graduated with honors from Harvard College in 1983 and earned his JD from Stanford Law School.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Walker)[[1]](https://www.aspensecurityforum.org/walker-kent/)[[3]](https://bipartisanpolicy.org/person/kent-walker/)
Walker began his career as a litigator at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, followed by five years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., where he helped establish one of the first 'computer crime' units and advised the U.S. Attorney General on technology policy.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Walker)[[3]](https://bipartisanpolicy.org/person/kent-walker/)[[1]](https://www.aspensecurityforum.org/walker-kent/) He held executive roles at Airtouch Communications, Netscape (deputy general counsel, 1997-2001), Liberate Technologies, AOL, and eBay before joining Google in 2006, where he has advised on legal, policy, and government relations issues.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Walker)[[1]](https://www.aspensecurityforum.org/walker-kent/)[[3]](https://bipartisanpolicy.org/person/kent-walker/)[[7]](https://capitalg.com/team/kent-walker) Notable achievements include chairing the Global Internet Forum to Combat Terrorism, overseeing Google's AI Principles, and leading advocacy on competition, privacy, and content; he serves on TechNet’s executive committee, the Council on Foreign Relations, and other boards.[[1]](https://www.aspensecurityforum.org/walker-kent/)[[3]](https://bipartisanpolicy.org/person/kent-walker/)[[4]](https://www.evidenceaction.org/about/our-people/kent-walker) In 2024, his total compensation from Alphabet was $30.17 million.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Walker)
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