Which company owns Google and YouTube and became Alphabet Inc. in 2015?

Alphabet Inc. is the parent company that owns Google and YouTube and was created in 2015.

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced the Alphabet restructuring in August 2015. Alphabet became the publicly traded parent, while Google became its largest subsidiary. The change separated Google’s core internet businesses from ventures such as research and life-sciences projects.

Alphabet is frequently listed among the world’s largest companies by market capitalization. Its major businesses include Google Search, YouTube, Android, Google Cloud, and advertising services. A common mix-up is treating Alphabet and Google as identical names: Google remains a subsidiary, while Alphabet is the corporate parent and stock-market entity.