谷歌（Google）的母公司Alphabet上周四宣布，已經(jīng)任命約翰·L·亨尼斯為董事會主席。

亨尼斯是一位資深的計算機科學(xué)家，也是2016年卸任的斯坦福大學(xué)（Stanford University）第十位校長。在谷歌的首席執(zhí)行官埃里克·施密特12月底宣布自己即將卸下執(zhí)行主席的職位之后，亨尼斯接過了權(quán)杖。

擔(dān)任Alphabet董事長長達(dá)17年的施密特仍將留在公司的董事會，其中的成員還包括谷歌的首席執(zhí)行官桑達(dá)·皮采、谷歌的云計算主管戴安·格林，以及谷歌的共同創(chuàng)始人拉里·佩奇和謝爾蓋·布林。

施密特在12月表示：“拉里、謝爾蓋、桑達(dá)和我都認(rèn)為，從Alphabet的發(fā)展來看，交接的時機已到。Alphabet的結(jié)構(gòu)運轉(zhuǎn)良好，谷歌和其他業(yè)務(wù)都在繁榮發(fā)展?！?

谷歌表示，亨尼斯在2004年4月進(jìn)入Alphabet的董事會，并自2007年4月起成為公司的首席獨立董事。他曾在1984年與其他人共同創(chuàng)立了半導(dǎo)體計算機公司Mips Computer Systems。這家公司于1989年上市，最后在1992年以略微超過4億美元的價格賣給了計算公司Silicon Graphics。

在周四發(fā)布最新季度財報時，Alphabet公布了亨尼斯的新職位。

盤后交易中，Alphabet的股價下跌了1.25%至1,153.10美元。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：嚴(yán)匡正?

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has appointed John L. Hennessy as its executive chairman, the company said Thursday.

Hennessy, a long-time computer scientist who was Stanford University’s tenth president before stepping down in 2016, takes over Alphabet’s board after former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in late December that he would step down as executive chairman.

Schmidt, who was Alphabet’s chairman for 17 years, is still a member of the company’s board, which also includes Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Google’s cloud computing chief Diane Greene, and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

“Larry, Sergey, Sundar and I all believe that the time is right in Alphabet’s evolution for this transition,” Schmidt said in December. “The Alphabet structure is working well, and Google and the Other Bets are thriving.”

Hennessy has been on Alphabet’s board since April 2004, and has been its lead independent director since April 2007, Google said. In 1984, he co-founded the semiconductor company Mips Computer Systems, which went public in 1989 and was eventually sold to computing company Silicon Graphics in 1992 for a little over $400 million.

Alphabet revealed Hennessy’s new position on Thursday as part of the company’s latest quarterly earnings report.

Alphabet shares fell 1.25% in after-hours trading to $1,153.10.