Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian lays out his master plan for taking on Amazon and Microsoft and says deals over $50 million have more than doubled in 2019
This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article,On Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said Google Cloud is growing its business as 'an important part of Alphabet's overall revenue growth plan."
The Google executive turned to a recent football feat to drive home his point on Tuesday, invoking the Kansas City Chiefs stunning comeback game against the Houston Texans during the"Lateness, earliness, I don't worry about that," said Kurian, speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Kansas City was losing 24 to 0 in the early part of that game, before an epic comeback that vanquished the Texans 51 to 31. Kurian talked up Google's recent achievements which turned the cloud group into a $9 billion revenue business last year. And he providedthat he believes will push Google into the number two cloud ranking in the coming years.
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