Companies and Brands

Google

Also Known As Alphabet Inc. Google's parent holding company since the August 2015 corporate restructuring; the original operating company continues as a subsidiary, and 'Google' remains by far the more commonly used name for the whole enterprise.

Citation Formats

General Reference

Business Atlas. "Google." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://business.interactiveatlas.org/companies/google.

APA Style

Business Atlas. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://business.interactiveatlas.org/companies/google

BibTeX

@misc{businessatlas-google,
  author = {Business Atlas},
  title = {Google},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://business.interactiveatlas.org/companies/google},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet search, online advertising and cloud computing. It was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, initially as a Stanford University research project, and grew into one of the world's largest technology companies. In August 2015 Google announced a corporate restructuring under a new parent holding company, Alphabet Inc.

Facts

Company Type

American multinational technology company specializing in Internet search, online advertising and cloud computing. 1

Founded Year

1998 1

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, U.S. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Chief executive of Google 1998-2001 and again from 2011; chief executive of parent Alphabet Inc. from its 2015 formation until stepping down December 3, 2019, succeeded by Sundar Pichai.

Source Wikipedia, Larry Page