Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence. 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., 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... Wikipedia
- Formerly called: Google Inc. (1998–2017)
- Type: Subsidiary
- Traded as: NASDAQ: GOOGL, NASDAQ: GOOG
- Industry: Internet, Cloud computing, Computer software, Computer hardware, Artificial intelligence, Advertising
- Founded: September 04, 1998 in Menlo Park, California, United States
- Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin
- 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
- Parent: Alphabet Inc.
- Subsidiaries: Adscape, Cameyo, Charleston Road Registry, Endoxon, FeedBurner, ImageAmerica, Kaltix, Nest Labs, reCAPTCHA, YouTube