Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin created a wave with the online search operation they developed while at Stanford University. Today, Google prides to be the world's largest Internet search engine.
Google Inc earns revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, etc. Incorporated as a privately held company in California on September 4, 1998, the company has 20,222 full-time employees.
In the fourth quarter of 2008, Google reported revenues of $5.70 billion, an 18 per cent jump over fourth quarter 2007 revenues of $4.83 billion and a 3 per cent rise over third quarter 2008 revenues of $5.54 billion.
Image: Larry Page walks by a map of the world during keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. | Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters
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