Kent Walker

Some of the key events about Kent Walker

• 1986

  Graduated from Harvard Law School
• 1989

  Joined the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant U.S. Attorney
• 1993

  Became a partner at the law firm Cooley Godward
• 1997

  Joined Netscape as Deputy General Counsel
• 1999

  Became Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Liberate Technologies
• 2002

  Joined eBay as Deputy General Counsel
• 2004

  Became Google's first general counsel outside of its founders
• 2010

  Promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Google
• 2015

  Appointed to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board by President Obama
• 2018

  Elevated to Senior Vice President of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer at Google
• 2018

  Faced criticism for Google's plans to launch a censored search engine in China, codenamed "Project Dragonfly"
• 2019

  Testified before Congress regarding Google's data collection practices and privacy concerns
• 2020

  Oversaw Google's response to antitrust investigations, which led to multiple lawsuits against the company
• 2021

  Defended Google's decision to remove certain political content and apps from its platforms, sparking free speech debates

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