Alphabet owns Google and trades on Nasdaq under the ticker GOOGL.
Alphabet was created in 2015 through a corporate restructuring of Google. Google became the company’s largest subsidiary, while Alphabet was designed as a holding company for Google and several other businesses.
The structure separated Google’s core internet products from additional projects, including research and technology ventures. Google remains responsible for products such as Search, YouTube, Android, and Google Cloud, while Alphabet reports the results of its wider collection of activities.
Alphabet’s large market capitalization is closely linked to Google’s advertising business, which has historically generated most of the group’s revenue. The ticker GOOGL refers to Class A shares with voting rights; Alphabet also has other share classes, including GOOG, which generally has no regular voting rights.