Alphabet was created in 2015 to make Google a subsidiary.
Google announced the Alphabet restructuring in August 2015, and Alphabet Inc. became the new public parent company in October of that year. Google remained the largest subsidiary, containing businesses such as Search, YouTube, Android, and Google Cloud.
The restructuring separated Google’s core internet products from other ventures, including life-sciences projects and experimental technology businesses. Alphabet’s structure was intended to give individual operations greater independence while allowing investors to see the performance of the core Google business more clearly.
Larry Page became Alphabet’s chief executive and Sergey Brin became its president at launch. Sundar Pichai became Google’s CEO in 2015 and later became Alphabet’s CEO in 2019. Alphabet is not a replacement name for Google Search; it is the corporate parent above Google and several other businesses.