Google 1998

By Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

Founders‎: ‎Larry Page; Sergey Brin Founded‎: ‎September 4, 1998;

Number of employees‎: ‎57,148 (Q2 2015) Net income‎: ‎US$14.444 billion (2014)