# Professor Melissa Schilling's remarks on how Sundar Pichai may approach his position as CEO of Alphabet are cited

1 Faculty News May 13, 2020 ![investorplace_190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/investorplace_190x145.jpg?itok=AokB7bgn)>

Excerpt from [InvestorPlace](https://investorplace.com/2020/05/alphabet-goog-stock-proven-winner-under-sundar-pichai/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InvestorPlace+%28InvestorPlace%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher) -- "Stern Business School management professor [Melissa A. Schilling](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/melissa-schilling) points out: 'As a professional manager, Mr Pichai will inevitably strike a more cautious stance than Google’s founders … We’re likely to see more risk aversion, and a move to make the company more ordinary.'”

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