Google LLC The letters of "Google" are each purely colored (from left to right) in blue, red, yellow, blue, green, and red. Google's logo since 2015 Googleplex-Patio-Aug-2014.JPG Google's headquarters, the Googleplex, in August 2014 Formerly called Google Inc. (1998–2017) Type Subsidiary Industry Internet Software Computer hardware Founded September 4, 1998; 19 years ago in Menlo Park, California, U.S.[1][2] Founders Larry Page Sergey Brin Headquarters Googleplex, Mountain View, California, U.S.[3] Area served Worldwide Key people Sundar Pichai (CEO) Ruth Porat (CFO) Products List of Google products Number of employees 73,992[4] (2017) Parent Alphabet Inc. (2015–present) Subsidiaries List of subsidiaries Website google.com Google LLC[5] is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was found