Alphabet is the parent company of Google and became one of the world’s first companies valued above $2 trillion.
Alphabet was created in 2015 as part of a corporate reorganization that placed Google and several experimental businesses under a new holding company. Google remains Alphabet’s largest business, with search, advertising, YouTube, Android, and cloud services among its best-known operations.
Alphabet’s market capitalization is based on the combined value of its publicly traded shares. Its valuation has been influenced by digital advertising, cloud growth, artificial-intelligence research, and the enormous global reach of Google’s products.
Alphabet and Google are often used interchangeably in everyday discussion, but they are not identical corporate names. Google is the principal subsidiary; Alphabet is the listed parent company whose shares investors buy.