Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. The Google headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California. As of March 31, 2009, the company has 20,164 full-time employees.
Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998. The initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising US$1.67 billion, implying a value for the entire corporation of US$23 billion. Google has continued its growth through a series of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships. Environmentalism, philanthropy and positive employee relations have been important tenets during the growth of Google, the latter resulting in being identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place to Work.The unofficial company slogan is "Don't be evil", although criticism of Google includes concerns regarding the privacy of personal information, copyright, censorship and discontinuation of services. According to Millward Brown, it is the most powerful brand in the world.
Founded Menlo Park, California (September 4, 1998)
Founder(s) Sergey Brin ,Larry Page
Headquarters Googleplex, Mountain View, California, United States
Area served Worldwide
Industry Internet, Computer software
Revenue ▲31.3% US$ 21.796 Billion (2008)
Operating income ▲30.4% US$ 6.632 Billion (2008)
Net income ▲.6% US$ 4.227 Billion (2008)
Total assets ▲ US$ 31.768 Billion (2008)
Total equity ▲ US$ 28.239 Billion (2008)
Employees 20,164 - March 31, 2008
Website www.Google.com
