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He will remain as an "advisor" to Alphabet. That's an honorary position if I've ever heard of one.

Yep, definitely looks like a face-saving maneuver.

  <Tony> "Hey Lar I can at least call you every now and then still, right?"
  <Larry> "uh ok".

adds "Senior Advisor to Alphabet/Google" to LinkedIn profile

Well it has the word Senior in it, so it seems like an important position /s

So many people did this at one company I worked for that it became something of a joke for low-level employees to say they were "staying on as an advisor" when they left.

This will likely mean he gets to keep his invested shares.

invested shares or non-vested shares? (I'm assuming you mean the latter, and in that case you are right -- that will make a huge difference)

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