History of Google
Google American company Also known as: Google Inc., Google LLC Written by Mark Hall , William L. Hosch Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Updated: Sep. 20, 2024 • Article History Welcome to the Googleplex. © Ken Wolter/Dreamstime.com In Full: Google LLC Formerly: Google Inc. (1998–2017) Date: 1998 - present Ticker: GOOGLE Share Price: $ 163.59 (mkt close, Sep. 20, 2024) Market Cap : $2.02 tr. Annual Revenue: $328.28 bil. Earnings Per Share (Prev. Year): $6.97 Sector: Communication Services Industry: Interactive Media & Services CEO: Mr. Sundar Pichai Google was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most used web-based search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students at Stanford University in California, developed a search algorithm first (1996) known as "BackRub", with the help of Scott Hassan and Alan S...