Google is owned by Alphabet Inc., a publicly traded company. The primary controlling shareholders of Alphabet are Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who retain the majority of the voting power despite not holding a majority of the stock.
Key Details on Ownership
Parent Company: In 2015, Google reorganized to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of a new holding company, Alphabet Inc..
Controlling Shareholders: Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1998. They maintain control over major company decisions through a special class of shares (Class B shares), which grant them significantly more voting rights (10 votes per share) than the publicly available shares (Class A and Class C, with one or zero votes, respectively).
Leadership: Sundar Pichai serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both Google and Alphabet Inc., managing day-to-day operations and strategic direction. Page and Brin stepped down from executive management roles in 2019 but remain on the board of directors and active in strategic decisions.
Public Ownership: Alphabet is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbols GOOGL (Class A with voting rights) and GOOG (Class C with no voting rights). Large institutional investors like The Vanguard Group and BlackRock Inc. are major shareholders of these public stocks.
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