Company Name: Alphabet Inc.
Industry: Internet Content & Information
Sector: Communication Services
Description: Alphabet Inc. is a holding company that owns Google, the world’s leading internet search engine and online advertising platform, as well as other businesses such as YouTube, Google Cloud, Waymo, and Verily.
Alphabet’s main source of revenue is online advertising, which accounts for more than 85% of its total revenue. The company operates various platforms and services that enable advertisers to reach millions of users across the web, such as Google Search, Google Ads, Google Display Network, YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Play. Alphabet also generates revenue from selling apps, content, hardware, and cloud services. Some of its popular products include Chromebooks, Pixel phones, Nest smart home devices, Fitbit wearables, Google Workspace, and Google Cloud Platform.
Alphabet was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who are still on the board of directors. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 180,000 employees worldwide.
Alphabet’s stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol GOOG. The company has a strong competitive advantage in the online advertising market, as it dominates the search and video segments, and has a large and loyal user base. Alphabet also invests heavily in research and development and has a portfolio of innovative and ambitious projects in areas such as artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, health care, and internet access. These projects, known as “other bets”, are expected to generate long-term growth opportunities for the company, but also entail significant uncertainties.
CEO: Mr. Sundar Pichai
Website: https://www.abc.xyzExchange: NASDAQ Global Select