6. Sachin Gupta

Sometimes you must be the bearer of bad news. Sachin Gupta, vice president and general manager at Google Cloud Infrastructure, made waves this week for publicly telling customers that there would be price changes at Google Cloud, with some caveats.

“The impact of the pricing changes depends on customers’ use cases and usage. While some customers may see an increase in their bills, we’re also introducing new options for some services to better align with usage, which could lower some customers’ bills. In fact, many customers will be able to adapt their portfolios and usage to decrease costs. We’re working directly with customers to help them understand which changes may impact them.”

To read more about these price changes, read Kelly Teal’s piece here.