April 30, 2026 07:54 pm (IST)
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Google executive killed in Mt Everest avalanche after Nepal earthquake
Kathmandu, Apr 26 (IBNS): Google Inc executive based in California Dan Fredinburg was on Saturday killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest caused by a massive earthquake in Nepal.
Fredinburg was climbing the world's tallest peak Everest along with three other Google employees when the avalanche struck.
However, his colleagues were safe.
Fredinburg was head of privacy at Google X, a research division at the Mountain View, California-based company.
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