Alphabet
Also known as Alphabet Inc.
Holding company of Google, Google DeepMind, Waymo and other businesses.
Largest shareholders: Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Investors include Berkshire Hathaway. Run by Sundar Pichai (CEO).
Major shareholders
Investors
- Berkshire Hathaway
agreed to invest $10B in Alphabet's $80B equity raise · since Jun 2026 1
Led by
Subsidiaries
- GoogleOrganization
wholly owned; Alphabet was created as Google's holding company · since 2 Oct 2015 source on Google
Shareholder in
- SpaceXOrganization
Google bought a stake in 2015 (with Fidelity: $1B for 8.33%); about 4% of equity now · since Jan 2015 source on SpaceX
Board
John Hennessy (Chair), Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Frances Arnold, Marty Chavez, John Doerr, Roger Ferguson, Ram Shriram, Robin Washington 2
Founded by
- Larry Page
- Sergey Brin
- Alphabet was created on October 2, 2015 as a holding company in a restructuring of Google.
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded it and still hold a majority of the votes.
- Sundar Pichai has been CEO since December 2019.
- Besides Google it owns Google DeepMind, Waymo, Verily, Calico and others.
Why it matters
- Owner of Google, and through it a large investor in AI, including a stake in Anthropic.
- Founded
- October 2, 2015 (restructuring of Google)1
- Headquarters
- Googleplex, Mountain View, California1
- Public
- Nasdaq, tickers GOOGL (Class A) and GOOG (Class C)1
- Employees
- 198,933 (June 2026)1
- Revenue
- About $403 billion (2025)1
- Voting control
- Larry Page 27.4% and Sergey Brin 25.3% of total voting power (record date April 6, 2026)2
- CFO
- Anat Ashkenazi1
Who owns and runs it
Largest shareholders: Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Investors include Berkshire Hathaway. Run by Sundar Pichai (CEO).
Major shareholders
Investors
- Berkshire Hathaway
agreed to invest $10B in Alphabet's $80B equity raise · since Jun 2026 1
Led by
Subsidiaries
- GoogleOrganization
wholly owned; Alphabet was created as Google's holding company · since 2 Oct 2015 source on Google
Shareholder in
- SpaceXOrganization
Google bought a stake in 2015 (with Fidelity: $1B for 8.33%); about 4% of equity now · since Jan 2015 source on SpaceX
Board
John Hennessy (Chair), Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Frances Arnold, Marty Chavez, John Doerr, Roger Ferguson, Ram Shriram, Robin Washington 2
Subsidiaries and stakes
Milestones
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Holding company formed1
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Page and Brin step down as executives; Pichai becomes CEO1
Both stayed as employees, board members and controlling shareholders.
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$1 trillion market value1
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Court finds Google violated antitrust law1
Alphabet has appealed.
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$3 trillion market value1
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$80 billion equity raise for AI infrastructure1
Connections
Founded by
- Larry Page
- Sergey Brin
Links
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