Google

American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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Google was founded on September 4, 1998. [1] It was co-founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. [2] The company offers products including Google Search, Software tools, Google Voice, Google Ads, search engine, and Gemini.

Google

Summary

Google is a business[1]. Google ranks in the top 0.0034% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87,680 views/month, #1 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Google received the BigBrotherAwards[3].
  • Google received the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4].
  • Google received the National Prize in Digital Media[5].
  • Google received the Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6].
  • Google received the National Design Awards[7].
  • Google received the Big Brother Awards[8].
  • Google was a member of Society for Geoinformatics, GeoIT and Navigation e.V.[9].
  • Google is in the country of United States[10].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as business[11].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as technology company[12].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as identity provider[13].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as public company[14].
  • Google's instance of is recorded as online service[15].
  • Google's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .google[16].
  • Google's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .goog[17].
  • Google's founder is recorded as Sergey Brin[18].
  • Google's founder is recorded as Larry Page[19].
  • googol is named after Google[20].
  • Barney Google is named after Google[21].
  • Google's headquarters location is recorded as Mountain View[22].
  • Google's headquarters location is recorded as Googleplex[23].
  • Google's chief executive officer is recorded as Sundar Pichai[24].
  • Google's child organization or unit is recorded as AdMob[25].
  • Google's child organization or unit is recorded as YouTube LLC[26].
  • Google's child organization or unit is recorded as Waze[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Sergey Brin[18] and Larry Page[19].

Identity

Part of include Big Tech (web)[28] and list of companies involved in the Gaza war[29].

Leadership

Google's chief executive officer is recorded as Sundar Pichai[24].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Mountain View[22], a city of California[30], in United States[31] and Googleplex[23], a building complex[32], in United States[33]. Subsidiaries include AdMob[25], a business[34], in United States[35], founded in 2006[36], headquartered in Mountain View[37]; YouTube LLC[26], a company[38], in United States[39], headquartered in San Bruno[40]; Waze[27], a mobile app[41], founded in 2010[42]; Blogger[43], a blog software[44], in United States[45], founded in 1999[46]; SlickLogin[47], a business[48]; and Bump[49], a software[50], in United States[51].

Industry

Industries include Internet industry[52], software industry[53], internet marketing[54], information technology[55], Internet[56], and technology industry[57].

Recognition

Awards received include BigBrotherAwards[3]; Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], a class of award[58], in Spain[59], founded in 1981[60]; National Prize in Digital Media[5], an award[61], in Spain[62]; Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6]; National Design Awards[7], an award[63], in United States[64], founded in 2000[65]; and Big Brother Awards[8], a Big Brother Awards[66], in Finland[67].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Google include Proceratium google[68] and GoogLeNet[69].

Why It Matters

Google ranks in the top 0.0034% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87,680 views/month, #1 of 29,529).[2] Google has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] Google is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]

Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[72], a public company[73], in Russia[74], founded in 1997[75], headquartered in Moscow[76].

Google is credited with the discovery of Google Takeout[77], a project[78], founded in 2011[79]. Works attributed to Google include Chromium Embedded Framework[80], a software framework[81], founded in 2008[82]; Google Patents[83], a search engine[84]; and Google Fusion Tables[85], a website[86]. Entities named for Google include Proceratium google[68] and GoogLeNet[69].

FAQs

What awards did Google receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3], Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], National Prize in Digital Media[5], and Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6].

Who did Google influence?

Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[72].

What did Google discover?

Google is credited as discoverer of Google Takeout[77].

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  1. 20h ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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