Alphabet is the company that owns Google and uses the corporate name Alphabet Inc.
Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, created Alphabet as a new holding company in 2015. Google became Alphabet’s largest subsidiary, while several other businesses and projects were placed under separate units, including the research organization now known as X.
The restructuring was intended to give the company’s diverse activities clearer management and financial reporting. Google continues to operate major products such as Search, YouTube, Android, and Google Cloud, while Alphabet reports Google and its other ventures within its corporate structure.
Alphabet is often confused with Google because Google remains the best-known brand. The company’s stock-market tickers are GOOG and GOOGL, while the listed legal company is Alphabet Inc.