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This article is about the company. For the search engine provided by the company, see Google Search. For the parent company with the stock tickers GOOG and GOOGL, see Alphabet Inc. For the number, see Googol. For other uses, see Google (disambiguation).
Google LLC
Each letter of "Google" is colored (from left to right) in blue, red, yellow, blue, green, and red.
The Google logo used since 2015
Google's headquarters, the Googleplex
Formerly Google Inc. (1998–2017)
Company type Subsidiary
Traded as
Nasdaq: GOOGL
Nasdaq: GOOG
Industry
Internet
Cloud computing
Computer software
Computer hardware
Artificial intelligence
Advertising
Founded September 4, 1998; 27 years ago[a] in Menlo Park, California, United States
Founders
Larry Page
Sergey Brin
Headquarters Googleplex, Mountain View, California, U.S.
Area served Worldwide
Key people
Sundar Pichai (CEO)
Ruth Porat (President and CIO)
Anat Ashkenazi (CFO)
Thomas Kurian (CEO of Google Cloud)
Products
Google Search
Android
Nest
Pixel
Workspace
Fitbit
Waze
YouTube
Gemini
Full list
Number of employees 187,000 (2022)
Parent Alphabet Inc.
Subsidiaries
Adscape
Cameyo
Charleston Road Registry
Endoxon
FeedBurner
ImageAmerica
Kaltix
Nest Labs
reCAPTCHA
X Development
YouTube
ZipDash
ASN
15169
Website about.google
Footnotes / references
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Google LLC (/ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ ⓘ, GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI).[9] It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" by the BBC,[10] and is one of the world's most valuable brands.[11][12][13] Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., is considered part of the Big Tech group, alongside Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Meta.
Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Together, they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Google is Alphabet's largest subsidiary and is a holding company for Alphabet's internet properties and