Philipp Schindler

Philipp Schindler is Google’s Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer, leading Global Business & Operations. He leads the global and regional teams that drive sales, product commercialization, technical and consumer support for Google and YouTube, and country operations. He also oversees partnership strategy across Google’s products and services.He joined Google in 2005 to lead its advertising business in Northern and Central Europe before expanding his leadership across the region from London. Before Google, he was Senior Vice President at AOL Germany, where he led marketing, sales, and strategy while serving on the company’s management board for six years.Philipp holds a degree from the European Business School (EBS) in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, and is a scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. He currently lives in Menlo Park, California, with his wife and three children.