President John Hennessy’s responsibilities off campus are growing.

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Alvin Chow

University President John Hennessy during Parent's Weekend

After the stock market closed on Thursday, Google announced that Hennessy was elected Lead Independent Director of its Board of Directors. The announcement came as part of a larger Google report of its first quarter profits of $1 billion — a 69 percent increase from last year.

In addition to serving on the University’s Board of Trustees since 2000, Hennessy has been a member of the board of directors for Cisco Systems since Jan. 2002 and for Atheros Communications since May 1998. He has been a member of Google’s board since Apr. 2004.

In February, The Wall Street Journal published a lengthy article documenting the power-broker president’s private investments and his role at a number of technological companies. The Journal calculated that Hennessy has made $43 million over the last five years — a number that far exceeds his University salary of $616,000.