Laszlo Bock is a founder, CEO, advisor, investor, best selling author, and former member of Alphabet/Google’s executive management group. 

He is the co-founder/former CEO of Humu (acquired in 2023 by Perceptyx), which closed the gap between employee insights and actions, and the co-founder/Chair of Gretel.ai, the leading synthetic data platform for developers. He has been an advisor/investor/Board member to exceptional companies including Addepar, BetterUp, Carbon, Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Heidrick & Struggles (NASDAQ: HSII), Maven Clinic, Neeva (acquired by Snowflake), Ninjatech, Taboola (NASDAQ: TBLA), and Uber (NYSE: UBER).

From 2006 to 2016, Laszlo was the Senior Vice President of People Operations (CHRO) at Google/Alphabet. He was a member of the company's Executive Management Group as revenues grew 15x to $90B and the number of employees grew by 12x, navigating two CEO transitions along the way. He oversaw the acquisitions of YouTube, Motorola, Nest, and hundreds of other companies. He testified before Congress on immigration and employment, and provided advice to several departments within the federal government. During his tenure, Google was recognized over 150 times as an exceptional employer, including being named the #1 Best Company to Work for in the United States seven times. Laszlo and his team created the field of “People Analytics”, the application of academic-quality rigor and Google-paced innovation to people management. He also co-led the development of what is now the Google Jobs API and search product, the only technology at Google developed outside the engineering function to be integrated into core Google Search. 

His New York Times bestselling book, WORK RULES! Insights from Inside Google to Transform How You Live and Lead, has been published in more than 25 languages, garnered numerous “book of the year” honors, and sold more than 750,000 copies. Laszlo has donated 100% of the proceeds to charities focusing on supporting immigrants, education, and veterans. 

He serves on the Advisory Council of the Tent Partnership for Refugees and previously was a Trustee of Pomona College. Earlier in his career he worked as an executive at General Electric, a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and professional actor. He (briefly) was ranked #1 in the world in the video game Assassin’s Creed. Laszlo earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from Pomona College, graduating in three years, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He came to the United States as a refugee, emigrating from communist Romania in the 1970s.