Introduction
Google (google.com) is the most searched domain in the world. It ranks 1st as per Alexa Ranking. The current CEO of Google is Sundar Pichai.
Sundar Pichai is also the CEO of Alphabet Inc. is a multi-national American company and the parent organization of Google. Google alone contributes a lot of revenue to Alphabet.
Who, where & when Google was founded?
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Founded in Sep 4, 1998 in Menlo Park, California, USA.
Google, through its various sources such as the play store, browser, etc. has made several other companies such as Amazon, Microsoft into a fortune.
Massive traffic to Amazon comes from Google.
How Much Is Google Worth?
Alphabet Inc. (Google's parent) is the fourth trillion-dollar American company and stands with Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft.
Google's parent company is now worth 1.2 trillion USD, it will vary according to time. The global pandemic has certainly boosted up the traffic towards Google.
The first time when Google's parent company reached a trillion USD was on 13th January of 2020 as per Macrotrend's report.
It was not Google who reached a trillion USD, but its owner. Google is actually worth around 300-320 billion USD. Google consist of various other platforms such as YouTube, Chrome, Search, Play Store, Gmail, etc.
Revenue generated by Google:
The revenue generated by Google alone, to Alphabet is around 200 billion USD. The values here aren't 100% accurate, but the real values and the values here are precisely close.
2015-2019 Report:
-The worth of the parent company of Google was around 350 billion USD during the start of 2015. During the end of 2015, the worth exceeded 450 million USD.
-At the start of 2019, the worth was around 700 billion USD, while at the end of 2019, it was almost 950 billion USD.
Some sudden spurt in the worth's graph:
Looking at the graph, there were some sudden boosts in the worth of Google's parent company such as in July of 2015, within a day, the worth exceeded by around 70 billion USD (413b to 480b), similar circumstance occurs in the July of 2019 when the worth was boosted from 785 billion USD to 865 billion USD within a day.
The difference here is 80 billion USD, which is a massive boost in a single day.
Revenue generated by Google in 2015-2019:
2011-2014 Report:
-At the start of 2011, the worth of Google's parent company was around 401 billion USD and at the end, it was around 416 billion USD. The worth growth wasn't impressive enough.
-During the initial month of 2014, the worth was around 755 billion USD but at the time of December of 2014, the worth dropped down to 352 billion USD.
About the fall in 2014: Alphabet was going good till March of 2014. Just after a month, the graph shows a sudden drop in worth to 368 billion USD. The fall was around 385 billion USD. Or else, Alphabet was not so far from hitting a trillion digit in 2018.
Some sudden spurt in the worth's graph:
There was a sudden growth in the worth of Alphabet, noticed in October of 2013. Just within a day, the worth exceeded from 591 billion USD to 673 billion USD, with a difference of 82 billion USD.
Revenue generated by Google in 2011-2014:
- In 2011, the annual revenue generated by Google was 38 billion USD
- In 2014, the annual revenue generated by Google was 65 billion USD
Total revenue generated by Google to Alphabet from 2011 to 2014 was 208 billion USD.
3 Facts About Google:
1. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon invested 250,000 USD and got 3.3 million USD in return:
Jeff Bezos invested 250 thousand USD in 1998, in 2004, the investment translated into 3.3 million USD in 2004. If he waited till 2017, that 250 thousand would have resulted in almost 3.2 billion USD.
The reason he invested in Google was just the fact that he likes Larry Page and Sergey a lot. Luck played a main factor.
2. The term Google has actually derived from 'Googol':
The meaning of Googol is '1' with hundred zeroes.
3. Search 'Atari Breakout' to play a game:
When searched in images, a game pop up which is actually good enough to kill boredom.