Alphabet is the parent corporation of Google and one of the world’s largest companies by market capitalization.
Google became a subsidiary of Alphabet in 2015, when the founders reorganized the business. Alphabet was designed to separate Google’s core internet products from a collection of other ventures, including research and technology projects.
Google remains Alphabet’s largest business. Its major products include Search, YouTube, Android, and Google Cloud. Advertising has historically supplied most of Google’s revenue, while cloud computing and subscriptions have become increasingly important.
Alphabet is often confused with Google because Google is the best-known operating company within the group. Alphabet’s market capitalization represents the public value of the entire parent company, including Google and its other businesses. Alphabet trades on Nasdaq under the symbols GOOGL and GOOG, which have different voting rights.