Alphabet owns Google and became one of the world’s most valuable businesses through online search and advertising.
Alphabet Inc. was created in 2015 as a holding company and corporate restructuring of Google. Larry Page became Alphabet’s chief executive, while Sundar Pichai became Google’s CEO. In 2019, Pichai also became Alphabet’s CEO.
Google remains Alphabet’s largest and best-known business. Its products include Google Search, YouTube, Android, Google Maps, and Google Cloud. Search advertising has historically been a central source of revenue, while cloud computing and subscriptions have broadened the company’s business.
Alphabet is sometimes incorrectly described as the name of Google’s search engine. Google is the operating company and brand; Alphabet is its parent company. Other Alphabet businesses and projects have included the life-sciences company Verily and the autonomous-driving company Waymo.