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Patrick Pichette was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Google Inc.〔(Bell Canada Executive Patrick Pichette to Join Google Executive Team )〕 During his time at Google, the company grew into a large multinational company but was accused of avoiding paying tens of billions of dollars of taxes on profits it would have owed through a convoluted scheme of inter-company licensing agreements and transfers to tax havens.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31942639〕 Under Pichette's leadership, Google constructed a complicated system of offshore companies in tax havens and was transferring billions of dollars into shell companies in Bermuda.〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/8249384/Luke-Johnson-hits-out-at-monstrous-Google.html〕 In 2006 Google began using a variety of controversial tax avoidance mechanisms, particularly the Double Irish with Dutch Sandwich,〔http://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/dec/20/google-avoids-450m-corporation-tax〕 the Singapore Sling and Bermuda Black Hole to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars of Corporation tax.〔http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/apr/20/google-uk-tax-avoidance〕 These schemes reduced Google's tax payments on overseas profits from 25% to 2.4%, and the company was accused of not paying its "fair share" of tax.〔http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/10_44/b4201043146825.htm〕 == Biography == He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (1987) and an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Pembroke College, Oxford.〔 He received a Rhodes scholarship. Before joining Google, he worked at McKinsey & Company and Bell Canada (2001–2008). He is also on the advisory board of Engineers Without Borders (Canada),〔(EWB Canada - Advisory Board ). Retrieved 2011-02-04〕 having previously served for several years on the organization's board of directors, many of those as board chair.〔 In April 2011, it was announced that Pichette would be taking over HR responsibilities within the company from Vice President Laszlo Bock. In March 2015, it was announced that he would retire. He was succeeded as CFO by Ruth Porat. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Pichette」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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