Google

American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
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Google was founded on September 4, 1998. [1] It was co-founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. [2] The company offers products including Google Search, Software tools, Google Voice, Google Ads, search engine, and Gemini.

Key Facts

  • Award received: BigBrotherAwards[3], Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], National Prize in Digital Media[5], Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6], National Design Awards[7], Big Brother Awards[8]
  • Country: United States[9]
  • Instance of: technology company[10], identity provider[11], public company[12], online service[13]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .google[14], .goog[15]
  • Founder: Sergey Brin[16], Larry Page[17]
  • Named after: googol[18], Barney Google[19]
  • Headquarters location: Mountain View[20], Googleplex[21]
  • Chief executive officer: Sundar Pichai[22]
  • Child organization or unit: AdMob[23], DoubleClick[24], On2 Technologies[25], Picnik, Inc.[26], YouTube LLC[27], Waze[28], Blogger[29], SlickLogin[30], Bump[31], Google DeepMind[32], WIMM One[33], VirusTotal[34], X Development[35], Google.org[36]
  • Part of: list of companies involved in the Gaza war[37], Big Tech[38]
  • Commons category: Google[39]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 7ZW8QJWVPR4P1J1KQY45[40]

  • Registered legal name: Google LLC[41]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[42]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[43]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): HZEH[44]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[45]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[46]

  • Entity created: 2002-10-22[47]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-06-06[48]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-05-04[49]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-05-16[50]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[51]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[52]

  • Authority entity ID: 3582691[53]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[54]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Google include Proceratium google[55] and Googlepedia[56].

Why It Matters

Google has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Google is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[59], a public company[60], in Russia[61], founded in 1997[62], headquartered in Moscow[63].

Google is credited with the discovery of Google Takeout[64], a project[65], founded in 2011[66]. Works attributed to Google include Chromium Embedded Framework[67], a software framework[68], founded in 2008[69]; Google Patents[70], a search engine[71]; and Google Fusion Tables[72], a website[73]. Entities named for Google include Proceratium google[55] and Googlepedia[56].

FAQs

What awards did Google receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3], Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities[4], National Prize in Digital Media[5], and Pompeu Fabra Award in Communication and New Technologies[6].

Who did Google influence?

Google has been cited as an influence by Yandex[59].

What did Google discover?

Google is credited as discoverer of Google Takeout[64].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . ohchr.org. ohchr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · NGOgo · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eu transparency register id → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Eu transparency register id: 03181945560-59"
  2. 12d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'am', 'ami', 'ang', 'ann', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', '
    J-global id → 200906047946720154
    Sitelink count → 211
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ J-global id: 200906047946720154, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262139165|Google (#262139165)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBAL techn"
  3. 17d ago · Александр Сигачёв · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia portal id → google-mediakorporatsiia-0f535f
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Great russian encyclopedia portal id: google-mediakorporatsiia-0f535f, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/160348761|Google (компания) (#160348761)]] in [[:toollabs"
  4. 26d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikikids id → Google_LLC, Google
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikikids id: Google, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/312956247|Google (#312956247)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8336|WikiKids]] #mix'n'match"
  5. 4w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14560 → 468
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14560: 468, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294596922|Google (#294596922)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8077|Taiwan Central News Agency ("
  6. 4w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → google
    Part of → list of companies involved in the Gaza war, Big Tech
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Dagens nyheter topic id: google, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/22881477|Google (#22881477)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'match"
  7. 4w ago · Lysdo · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → google
    Part of → list of companies involved in the Gaza war, Big Tech
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Part of: Big Tech"
  8. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → C78E-82DF-AEF1-3B8C-A673
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: C78E-82DF-AEF1-3B8C-A673, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  9. 7w ago · Tcit · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    Autonomous system number → 15169, 13949, 16550 +23
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Autonomous system number: 43515"
  10. 9w ago · يزن البلوي · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: Google Favicon 2025.svg"
  11. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/technology--media-a, https://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/google/
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Google, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  12. 11w ago · Tcit · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tos;dr service id → 182
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Tos;dr service id: 182"
  13. 12w ago · Sadads · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 183
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Consumer rights wiki article id: 183, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297028929|Google (#297028929)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consumer Rights"
  14. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1tlQ2A, 61Oj5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  15. 13w ago · A876 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://about.google/, https://about.google/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://about.google/"
  16. 13w ago · DevKinoBR · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/technology--media-a, https://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/google/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described at url: https://www.techtudo.com.br/tudo-sobre/google/"
  17. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Google
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Süddeutsche zeitung topic id: Google, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213752986|Google (#213752986)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeit"
  18. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → google-firm, google
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: google, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934026|google (#289934026)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  19. 16w ago · Mykhal · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participant in: The People's Meeting 2016, rather irrelevant (linking it from the opposite side would be less disputable)"
  20. 16w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-TpeS-KRTo-CjuA
    Part of → list of companies involved in the Gaza war, Big Tech
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Part of: Big Tech, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Big Tech (web) → Big Tech ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q30748112_Q31228"
  21. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0247275-Google-firma
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0247275-Google-firma, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  22. 17w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmaffinity person and company id → 272545672
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Filmaffinity person and company id: 272545672"
  23. 18w ago · Luamssuk · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14409 → 60006191
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14409: 60006191"
  24. 19w ago · Kylespaski · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: Google logo (1998-1999).svg"
  25. 19w ago · Kylespaski · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: Google 2026 logo.svg"
  26. 20w ago · CommonsDelinker bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Google 2026 logo.svg, Google 2015 logo.svg, Google2013logo.svg +3
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Logo image: Google logo (2013-2015).svg"
  27. 20w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → google-firm, google
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: google-firm, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934027|google firm (#289934027)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  28. 21w ago · Wolverène · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Telegram username → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Telegram username: googl, ----- not an official account"
  29. 21w ago · WiK14ot0g · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Participant in: Geospatial World Forum 2026"
  30. 23w ago · M2545 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Society for Geoinformatics, GeoIT and Navigation e.V., Computer & Communications Industry Association, Alpha-Omega +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Member of: datacenter coalition, +DCC member ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/f2f53231aa0|details]])"
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