Formerly Google Inc.

(1998–2017)
Type Subsidiary
• Internet
Industry • Software
• Computer hardware

September 4, 1998 (19 years

Founded
ago) in Menlo Park, California, U.S.

• Larry Page
Founders
• Sergey Brin

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain

Headquarters
View, California, U.S.

Area served Worldwide

• Sundar Pichai (CEO)
Key people
• Ruth Porat (CFO)
Number of employees 85,050 (Q1 2018)
Parent Alphabet Inc. (2015–present)
Website https://google.com/
 Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who co-
founded Google with Sergey Brin.
Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович
Брин; born August 21, 1973) is a Russian-
born American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur.
Together with Larry Page, he co-founded Google. Brin is the
President of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. As of June
2018, Brin is the 10th-richest person in the world, with an
estimated net worth of US$52.1 billion.
 Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that
specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online
advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and
hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while
they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University, California. Together, they
own about 14 percent of its shares and control 56 percent of the stockholder
voting power through supervoting stock. They incorporated Google as a
privately held company on September 4, 1998. An initial public offering (IPO)
took place on August 19, 2004, and Google moved to its new headquarters in
Mountain View, California, nicknamed the Googleplex. In August 2015,
Google announced plans to reorganize its various interests as a conglomerate
called Alphabet Inc. Google, Alphabet's leading subsidiary, will continue to be
the umbrella company for Alphabet's Internet interests. Upon completion of
the restructure, Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google, replacing Larry
Page, who became the CEO of Alphabet.
 Googleplex

The Googleplex is the corporate headquarters complex

of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc.,
located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain
View, California, United States, near Silicon Valley's
capital San Jose
 Sundar Pichai

Pichai Sundararajan (born 12 July 1972), also known

as Sundar Pichai, is an Indian American business
executive.
Pichai is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Google
Inc. Formerly the Product Chief of Google, Pichai's
current role was announced on 10 August 2015, as part
of the restructuring process that made Alphabet Inc.into
Google's parent company, and he assumed the position
on 2 October 2015.
 Ruth Porat

Ruth Porat (born 1957) is a British-

American financial executive, who
currently serves as chief financial
officer (CFO) of Alphabet Inc. as well
as its subsidiary Google. Porat was
CFO and executive vice
president of Morgan Stanley from
January 2010 to May 2015.
 Other Apps by Google

The company's rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and
partnerships beyond Google's core search engine (Google Search) It offers services designed for work and
productivity (Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides), email (Gmail/Inbox), scheduling and time management
(Google Calendar), cloud storage (Google Drive), social networking (Google+), instant messaging and video
chat (Google Allo/Duo/Hangouts), language translation (Google Translate), mapping and turn-by-turn
navigation (Google Maps/Waze/Earth/Street View), video sharing (YouTube), note-taking (Google Keep), and
photo organizing and editing (Google Photos). The company leads the development of the Android mobile
operating system, the Google Chrome web browser, and Chrome OS, a lightweight operating system based
on the Chrome browser. Google has moved increasingly into hardware; from 2010 to 2015, it partnered with
major electronics manufacturers in the production of its Nexusdevices, and in October 2016, it released
multiple hardware products (including the Google Pixel smartphone, Home smart speaker, Wifi mesh
wireless router, and Daydream View virtual reality headset). The new hardware chief, Rick Osterloh, stated:
"a lot of the innovation that we want to do now ends up requiring controlling the end-to-end user
experience". Google has also experimented with becoming an Internet carrier. In February 2010, it
announced Google Fiber, a fiber-optic infrastructure that was installed in Kansas City; in April 2015, it
launched Project Fi in the United States, combining Wi-Fi and cellular networks from different providers;
and in 2016, it announced the Google Station initiative to make public Wi-Fi available around the world, with
initial deployment in India.
 Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides are a word processor,
a spreadsheet and a presentation program respectively, all part of a
free, web-based software office suite offered by Google within its Google
Drive service. The three apps are available as web applications, mobile
apps for Android, iOS, Windows, BlackBerry, and desktop applications on
Google's ChromeOS. The apps are compatible with Microsoft Office file
formats. The suite also includes Google Forms (survey software), Google
Drawings(diagramming software), Google Sites (web building
software), Google My Maps (map overlay editor), Google Apps
Script (code editor for the G-Apps Script coding language) and Google
Fusion Tables (database manager and map application; experimental).
 Gmail

Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service

developed by Google. Users can access Gmail on
the web and using third-party programs that
synchronize email content
through POP or IMAP protocols. Gmail started as a
limited beta release on April 1, 2004, and ended its
testing phase on July 7, 2009.
 YouTube

YouTube is an American video-sharing website

headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was
created by three former PayPal employees—Chad
Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February
2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for
US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one
of Google's subsidiaries.
 Google Chrome

Google Chrome (commonly known

simply as Chrome) is a freeware web
browser developed by Google LLC. It
was first released in September 2008,
for Microsoft Windows, and was
later ported to Linux, macOS
, iOS and Android. Google Chrome is
also the main component of Chrome
OS, where it serves as a platform for
running web apps.
 Google Play

Google Play (previously Android Market) is

a digital distribution service operated and
developed by Google. It serves as the
official app store for the Android operating
system, allowing users to browse and
download applications developed with
the Android software development kit
(SDK) and published through Google.
Google Play also serves as a digital
media store, offering music, magazines,
books, movies, and television programs. It
previously offered Google hardware
devices for purchase until the introduction
of a separate online hardware
retailer, Google Store, on March 11, 2015.