American multinational technology conglomerate
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Alphabet Inc. Googleplex , home to Alphabet Inc., in Mountain View, California
Alphabet Company type Public ISIN Industry Conglomerate Founded October 2, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-02 ) Founders Headquarters Googleplex , , U.S.
Area served
Worldwide Key people
Products Revenue US$ 307.4 billion (2023) US$84.29 billion (2023) US$73.79 billion (2023)Total assets US$402.4 billion (2023)Total equity US$283.4 billion (2023)Owners
Larry Page (controlling shareholder)
Sergey Brin (controlling shareholder)
Number of employees
182,502 (2023) Subsidiaries Website abc .xyz Footnotes / references [1]
Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California . Alphabet is the world's third-largest technology company by revenue and one of the world's most valuable companies .[2] [3] It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015,[4] and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries .[5] [6] [7] It is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Amazon , Apple , Meta , and Microsoft .
The establishment of Alphabet Inc. was prompted by a desire to make the core Google business "cleaner and more accountable" while allowing greater autonomy to group companies that operate in businesses other than Internet services.[6] [8] Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced their resignation from their executive posts in December 2019, with the CEO role to be filled by Sundar Pichai , also the CEO of Google. Page and Brin remain employees, board members, and controlling shareholders of Alphabet Inc.[9]
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