Alphabet names Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold to board

Reuters

Published Dec 09, 2019 17:28

Alphabet names Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold to board

(Reuters) - Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc on Monday named Noble Prize winner Frances Arnold to its board, filling a vacancy left by the retirement of fellow academic Shirley Tilghman.

Arnold, who manages a research group at the California Institute of Technology, will serve on the technology giant's nominating and corporate governance committee.

Alphabet said she will receive an initial equity award of $1 million in the form of restricted stock units.

Arnold won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 for pioneering science in enzymes and antibodies.