Alphabet, the parent company of Google and a major firm by market capitalization, was created in 2015.
Google announced the restructuring in August 2015, and Alphabet became the publicly traded parent company in October of that year. Larry Page became Alphabet’s chief executive, while Sergey Brin became its president; Sundar Pichai became Google’s chief executive.
The reorganization separated Google’s core internet products from a group of other businesses and projects. Google retained major products such as Search, advertising, YouTube, and Android, while Alphabet provided a corporate structure for activities including life sciences and other ventures.
A frequent error is using 1998, the year Google was founded, as the answer. Alphabet is not the original name of Google and was formed 17 years later. The two companies are connected, but they are distinct corporate entities.