Google at a glance

Founded 1998 Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin Incorporation September 4, 1998 Initial public offering (NASDAQ) August 19, 2004 Headquarters 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043

The Vision
To make search engines so powerful they would understand "everything in the world".

The Mission
To organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.

The Focus
Google continues to focus on innovation and on the user experience.

H I S TO RY
Google Inc. was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. They were computer science students at Stanford University and became friends while attending a school event. In 1996, they developed their first search engine called BackRub. This attempt was not very successful.

Brin and Page continued their efforts and in 1997, Google came to life. They wanted the name of their new search engine to represent an infinity of information. The word Google is made up from the mathematical term googol, which is used for the number represented by the numerical 1 followed by 100 zeros.

Cont

By the end of 1998, Google was named one of the Top 100 Web Sites by PC Magazine. Google entered the NASDAQ stock market on Aug. 19, 2004. The price of their stock on the very first day was $85 dollars.

NAME
Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin named the search engine they built Google, a play on the word googol, the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros.

Googles first logo doodle for Burning Man festival, August 1998.

Business overview
Search advertising Display Advertising Mobile advertising Tools for publishers Local Enterprise

Management team
Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin brought Google to life in September 1998. Since then, the company has grown to more than 20,000 employees worldwide, with a management team that represents some of the most experienced technology professionals in the industry. Board of Directors -13 Executive Officers - 6

About offices
Our corporate headquarters, fondly nicknamed the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California.

Local expressions of each location Bicycles or scooters for efficient travel Googlers sharing cubes, yurts and huddle rooms Laptops everywhere Foosball, pool tables, volleyball courts, assorted video games, pianos, ping pong tables, and gyms that offer yoga and dance classes. Grassroots employee groups for all interests, like meditation, film, wine tasting and salsa dancing. Healthy lunches and dinners for all staff at a variety of cafs. Break rooms packed with a variety of snacks and drinks to keep Googlers going.

Initiatives
Google Ventures

Green Initiatives

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