Google

Also known as Big G

Google LLC (, ) 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). It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" by the BBC, and is one of the world's most valuable brands. Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. has been described as a Big Tech company.

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Google is a public technology company and business established in 1998 in Menlo Park, United States. It operates in the software, internet marketing, and information technology industries. The company was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page and is named after the number googol. Its parent organization is Alphabet Inc., and it trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Google owns entities such as VirusTotal, Google Fiber, 111 Eighth Avenue, and Blogger. Its child organizations include AdMob, DoubleClick, On2 Technologies, and Waze. Products produced by the company include Google Search, Google Voice, and Google Ads. The organization has approximately 187,000 employees and has received the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities. Its official motto is "Don't be evil."

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Company.logo: frameless|upright=1.1|class=logo-nobg|Each letter of "Google" is colored (from left to right) in blue, red, yellow, blue, green, and red.
Company.logo_caption: The Google logo used since 2015
Company.image: Googleplex HQ (cropped).jpg
Company.image_upright: 1.1
Company.image_caption: Google's headquarters, the Googleplex
Company.former_name: Google Inc. (1998–2017)
Company.type: Subsidiary
Company.founded: in Menlo Park, California, United States
Company.hq_location: Googleplex
Company.hq_location_city: Mountain View, California
Company.hq_location_country: U.S.
Company.area_served: Worldwide
Company.parent: Alphabet Inc.
Network service provider.child: yes
Network service provider.asn: 15169
Company.name: Google LLC

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Company

Jurisdiction: US-DE
Headquarters: WILMINGTON, US

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Type: Company, Funder
Founded: 1998
Location: Mountain View, United States
Also known as: Google Research, Googleplex
Status: Active

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Wikidata facts

Part of: list of companies involved in the Gaza war
Official name: Google Inc.
Country: United States
Founded by: Larry Page
Headquarters: Googleplex
Parent organization: Alphabet Inc.
CEO: Sundar Pichai
Employees: 187000
Stock exchange: Nasdaq
Legal form: Delaware corporation
Official website: about.google
Image: Googleplex HQ (cropped).jpg
Motto: Do the right thing
Significant event: lawsuit

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owner of: Terra Bella
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Google
Commons category: Google
inception: 1998-09-04
topic's main category: Category:Google
official blog URL: blog.google
Commons gallery: Google
product or material produced: Gemini
topic has template: Template:Google LLC
motto: don't be evil
location of formation: Menlo Park
IPv6 routing prefix: 2a00:c38:121:1::/64
MAC Address Block Large ID: 7C2EBD
history of topic: history of Google
complies with: privacy policy
WordLift URL: data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/google
search formatter URL: www.google.com/search?q=$1
short name: Google
hashtag: гугл
social media followers: 10100000
email address: mailto:[email protected]
data size: 15000000000000000000
partnership with: Food and Agriculture Organization
official shop URL: store.google.com
described at URL: consumerrights.wiki/w/Google
official jobs URL: careers.google.com
terms of service URL: policies.google.com/terms
privacy policy URL: policies.google.com/privacy
FAQ URL: policies.google.com/faq
contact page URL: about.google/contact-google
public key fingerprint: E331 7DB0 4D39 58FD 5F66 2C37 B8E4 105C C9DE DC77
native label: Google
sitemap URL: www.google.com/sitemap.xml
top-level Internet domain: .goog

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Encyclopedic overview

54 sections

Contents

History
Early years
Growth
Initial public offering
2012 onwards
Products and services
Search engine
Advertising
Generative artificial intelligence
Consumer services
Web-based services
Software
Hardware
Enterprise services{{anchor|Enterprise_products}}
Internet services
Financial services
Corporate affairs
Business trends
Tax avoidance strategies
Corporate identity
Workplace culture{{Anchor|Innovation Time Off|Employees}}
Office locations <span class="anchor" id="Office locations and headquarters"></span>
North America
Latin America
Europe
Asia–Pacific
Africa and the Middle East
Infrastructure
Environment
Climate change denial and misinformation
Philanthropy
Lobbying and political influence
Criticism and controversies
Political controversies
United States
Brazil
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Russia
Antitrust
European Union
United States
Gender discrimination lawsuit
Censorship
Data loss
Data privacy
Geolocation
Copyright infringement
U.S. government contracts
Google Nest hidden microphone incident
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

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). It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" by the BBC, and is one of the world's most valuable brands. Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. has been described as a Big Tech company.

Google was founded in 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 interests. Sundar Pichai was appointed CEO of Google in 2015, replacing Larry Page, who became the CEO of Alphabet. In 2019, Pichai also became the CEO of Alphabet.

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