Google Health, the company’s newest product area, has ballooned to more than 500 employees

CNBC February 11, 2020
Christina Farr

Key Points

– More than 500 people now work at Google Health, mostly out of the Palo Alto offices formerly occupied by smart home group Nest.

– It’s led by former Geisinger CEO David Feinberg, who reports to Google AI chief Jeff Dean, and key players include Google veteran Paul Muret, who runs product, and Chief Health Officer Karen DeSalvo.

– Former Nest CTO Yoky Matsuoka, who oversaw a small team under Feinberg looking at home-health monitoring, has left the company.

Google’s health care projects, which were once scattered across the company, are now starting to come together under one team now working out of the Palo Alto offices formerly occupied by Nest, Google’s smart home group, according to several...

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