Google executive among hundreds who died in massive earthquake that hit Nepal

Dan Fredinburg, a Google executive and an experienced climber has been confirmed to be among those who died in the massive earthquake that struck Kathmandu region in Nepal on Saturday morning. Lawrence You, who is Google's director of privacy posted the news online that Fredinburg was in Nepal with three other Google employees climbing Mountain Everest. He posted that the other three were safe

Fredinburg started at Google in 2007. He served as product manager and the head of privacy at Google X research lab which is in charge of projects such as Google glass, contact lenses and self-driving cars

Google is committing $1 million to the quake response and has launched a "person finder" tool for Nepal to help people find loved ones in the aftermath of the earthquake and is working to get updated satellite images to aid in the recovery process