Which company owns Google and adopted the name Alphabet in 2015?

Alphabet is the company that owns Google and adopted its corporate name in 2015.

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced the restructuring in August 2015. Alphabet became the parent company, while Google continued operating its search, advertising, Android, YouTube, and cloud businesses as a major subsidiary. Page became Alphabet’s chief executive and Brin became its president at the launch.

The change separated Google’s core internet products from newer or more experimental businesses, including life-sciences and investment projects. In 2019, Sundar Pichai became Alphabet’s CEO after previously leading Google. A common mix-up is treating Alphabet and Google as interchangeable: Google is Alphabet’s best-known subsidiary, but Alphabet is the listed parent company.