3. 1996: Larry Page and Sergei Brin built
the search engine called “BackRub”
1998: Formalization of the company
Google!
“Googol” : mathematical term for a 1
followed by 100 zeros
Doodles: Google founders Larry and
Sergey played with the corporate Logo
to indicate their attendance at the
Burning Man festival in the Nevada
desert.
4. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
2000: Google became the world’s
largest search engine
2001 (August): Dr. Eric Schmidt
joined Google as the CEO
5. HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
2003: Google acquired Pyra Labs and
become the home for bloggers, a leading
provider of services for personal
webpages called Blogs
2004: Acquisitions of Picasa (a platform
to organize, manage and share pictures)
and Keyhole (a digital and satellite
mapping company)
18. Google ventures: the venture capital
arm of Google inc. It is a team of
investors, entrepreneurs, and
specialists who believe in the power
of great companies to change the
world.
Green initiatives: At Google,
sustainability is a core value that
comes directly from the founders,
and they believe being green makes
business sense
19. Google.org: The
philanthropic arm of Google
inc. Google.org uses Google’s
strengths in information and
technology to build products
and advocate for policies
that address global
challenges.