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German Vega

Pricing & Monetization @ Google | Ex-Deloitte | Fintech & AI Enthusiast

German Vega is a strategic leader working in the Business Operations and Strategy (BizOps) team at Google.12 Here are some key details about his background and role:

Professional Experience

German Vega currently holds the position of Principal in the Business Operations and Strategy team at Google. His work primarily focuses on:

  • Pricing and monetization strategy across various Alphabet divisions, including YouTube, Ads, Pixel, and Nest1
  • Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to develop business models and strategies for monetizing different devices and services1
  • Working on projects like launching or rebooting mobile phone plans for Google Fi1

Career Background

  • Prior to joining Google, German spent around 8 years in management consulting1
  • His career has primarily focused on margin improvement, including:
    • Improving price points
    • Launching new products for clients
    • Enhancing cost baseline margins for companies across different industries1

Education

German Vega attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.2

Skills and Expertise

  • Strategic leadership
  • Pricing and monetization strategy
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Business model development
  • Management consulting

German describes his role at Google as similar to being part of an internal management consulting division for Alphabet.1 His experience spans multiple projects and product areas, allowing him to contribute to strategic decisions across the company's diverse portfolio.

Highlights

Apr 17 · linkedin

So everyone is excited about the new Discovery branded theme park in Costa Rica, but lets look at the economics of this investment. A $1B investment is roughly 2% of the country's GDP, which is already strikes as extremely high, but things seem to get odder when you look at per tourist data.

The closet comparable is a theme park, which by rule of thumb suggests that you need an average of 1 million paying visitors for every $100 million invested. This means the project will require total visitors to be in the order of 8-10 million per year to payback the investment.

Brazil for instance, received a total of 6.6 million tourists last year due to the olympics, a figure that already exceeds total visitors to Costa Rica (2.0 million) plus total Costa Rican population (4.0 million).

If developed, this investment will struggle to become profitable as there is just not enough demand to cover the expenses. Most likely this project will not be carried out and will remain as another interesting business idea with poor execution.

Oct 29 · linkedin

As opposed to the acquisition of Biosimilar manufacturer Hospira for roughly $17B, Allergan, with a market cap in excess of $112.5, could potentially strengthen Pfizer's Global Vaccines, Oncology and Consumer Healthcare business. If materialized, the resulting company could be valued in excess of $300B and, by far, the largest pharmaceutical in the world.

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Location

Mountain View, California, United States