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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.
Summary
Google is a business[1]. Google ranks in the top 0.0034% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (703,663 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 is in the country of United States[9].
- Google's instance of is recorded as business[10].
- Google's instance of is recorded as technology company[11].
- Google's instance of is recorded as identity provider[12].
- Google's instance of is recorded as public company[13].
- Google's instance of is recorded as online service[14].
- Google's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .google[15].
- Google's top-level Internet domain is recorded as .goog[16].
- Google's founder is recorded as Sergey Brin[17].
- Google's founder is recorded as Larry Page[18].
- googol is named after Google[19].
- Barney Google is named after Google[20].
- Google's headquarters location is recorded as Mountain View[21].
- Google's headquarters location is recorded as Googleplex[22].
- Google's chief executive officer is recorded as Sundar Pichai[23].
- Google's child organization or unit is recorded as AdMob[24].
- Google's child organization or unit is recorded as DoubleClick[25].
- Google's child organization or unit is recorded as On2 Technologies[26].
- Google's child organization or unit is recorded as Picnik, Inc.[27].
Body
Founding
Founders include Sergey Brin[17] and Larry Page[18].
Identity
Part of include list of companies involved in the Gaza war[28] and Big Tech[29].
Leadership
Google's chief executive officer is recorded as Sundar Pichai[23].
Operations
Headquarters locations include Mountain View[21], a city of California[30], in United States[31] and Googleplex[22], a building complex[32], in United States[33]. Subsidiaries include AdMob[24], a business[34], in United States[35], founded in 2006[36], headquartered in Mountain View[37]; DoubleClick[25], a business[38], in United States[39], founded in 1996[40], headquartered in New York City[41]; On2 Technologies[26], a business[42], in United States[43], founded in 1992[44], headquartered in New York City[45]; Picnik, Inc.[27], a former entity[46], in United States[47], headquartered in Seattle[48]; YouTube LLC[49], a company[50], in United States[51], headquartered in San Bruno[52]; and Waze[53], a mobile app[54], founded in 2010[55].
Recognition
Awards received include BigBrotherAwards[3]; Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], a class of award[56], in Spain[57], founded in 1981[58]; National Prize in Digital Media[5], an award[59], in Spain[60]; Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6]; National Design Awards[7], an award[61], in United States[62], founded in 2000[63]; and Big Brother Awards[8], a Big Brother Awards[64], in Finland[65].
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Google include Proceratium google[66] and Googlepedia[67].
Why It Matters
Google ranks in the top 0.0034% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (703,663 views/month, #1 of 29,529).[2] Google has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] Google is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[70], a public company[71], in Russia[72], founded in 1997[73], headquartered in Moscow[74].
Google is credited with the discovery of Google Takeout[75], a project[76], founded in 2011[77]. Works attributed to Google include Chromium Embedded Framework[78], a software framework[79], founded in 2008[80]; Google Patents[81], a search engine[82]; and Google Fusion Tables[83], a website[84]. Entities named for Google include Proceratium google[66] and Googlepedia[67].
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[70].
What did Google discover?
Google is credited as discoverer of Google Takeout[75].