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Alphabet Inc: A Tech Giant's Restructuring Alphabet Inc, headquartered in Mountain View, California, stands as a global technology behemoth. Ranking third globally in revenue, behind Amazon and Apple, it commands significant market valuation. Emerging from a Google restructuring on October 2, 2015, ...
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- Company type Public
- Industry Conglomerate
- Founded October 2, 2015
- Founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin
- Headquarters Googleplex, Mountain View, California, United States
- Area served Worldwide
- Key people John L. Hennessy (Chairman), Sundar Pichai (CEO), Ruth Porat (President and CIO), Anat Ashkenazi (CFO)
- Revenue US$350.02 billion (2024)
- Net income US$100.12 billion (2024)
- Number of employees 183,323 (2024)
- Subsidiaries Calico, CapitalG, Google, Google Fiber, GV, Intrinsic, Isomorphic Labs, Verily, Waymo, Wing
- Website www.abc.xyz
Alphabet history
Last Updated : 23/03/25, 09:01 PM
Alphabet Inc.: From Google Restructuring to Quantum Leap Alphabet Inc., born from a Google restructuring on August 10, 2015, emerged as a holding company encompassing Google and diverse subsidiaries like X Development, Verily, and Waymo. The reorganization, inspired by Berkshire Hathaway's structure...
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Alphabet shares jump on Google cloud, YouTube expansion
April 29, 2020 8:23 pm
Porat said people have been searching more on Google, but many of those queries were not commercial in nature, limiting the company’s ability to show ads.
Google parent Alphabet misses analysts' targets; YouTube disappoints
February 04, 2020 9:32 am
Alphabet Inc reported quarterly revenue that missed analysts estimates on waning search advertising growth, while new sales numbers on YouTube also disappointed Wall Street.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai backs temporary ban on facial recognition: Here's why
January 21, 2020 9:21 am
The EU's proposal for a temporary ban on facial-recognition technology won backing from Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Monday but got a cool response from Microsoft President Brad Smith.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai awarded $242 million pay package
December 21, 2019 11:13 am
Sundar Pichai is getting a hefty pay raise.
'You continue to inspire': Indians cheer after Sundar Pichai becomes Alphabet CEO
December 04, 2019 11:35 am
On social media, many Indians spoke of how Sundar Pichai had made India proud and showed the next generation how to turn their big dreams into reality.
Google chief Sundar Pichai to be CEO of Alphabet as Larry Page and Sergey Brin step down
December 04, 2019 9:37 am
Larry Page and Sergey Brin will remain directors, but will cede their CEO and president titles, respectively, immediately, Alphabet said. The president role will not be filled, the company said, describing the changes as long discussed.
Waymo picks Detroit factory for self-driving fleet, to be operational by mid-2019
April 25, 2019 3:54 pm
Waymo's chief executive, John Krafcik, said in a blog post that Alphabet Inc's Waymo had chosen a factory in Detroit to mass produce self-driving cars.
US may have Musk, but Austria is where AI research happens
April 08, 2019 3:03 pm
Austria is at the forefront of some cutting-edge research that stands to reshape the future of transportation, in particular, driverless-car technology.
Rajan Anandan to leave Google India, headed for Sequoia Capital
April 02, 2019 4:48 pm
Vikas Agnihotri, who is currently country director of sales, will replace Anandan in the interim for Google India.
Google approved $45 mn exit package for executive accused of sexual misconduct
March 12, 2019 12:57 pm
The amount was revealed Monday in a shareholder lawsuit accusing the board of directors of Alphabet, the parent of Google, of shirking their responsibilities by agreeing to pay executives accused of misconduct instead of firing them for cause.
