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 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
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 Googlepedia[69].
Why It Matters
Google has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Google is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]
Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[71], a public company[72], in Russia[73], founded in 1997[74], headquartered in Moscow[75].
Google is credited with the discovery of Google Takeout[76], a project[77], founded in 2011[78]. Works attributed to Google include Google Patents[79], a search engine[80]; Chromium Embedded Framework[81], a software framework[82], founded in 2008[83]; and Google Fusion Tables[84], a website[85]. Entities named for Google include Proceratium google[68] and Googlepedia[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[71].
What did Google discover?
Google is credited as discoverer of Google Takeout[76].
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