It is estimated that Google operates more than one million servers in data centers around the world, processing more than one billion searches and approximately twenty-four petabytes of user-generated data every day.
Google’s meteoric rise to Internet stardom is one of the greatest economic stories of our time.
The sons of university professors Larry Page and Sergey Brin — two bright Stanford students who founded the company — say their goal is to make information searchable and instantly accessible around the world.
Google, co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as students at Stanford University, was first registered as a private company on September 7, 1998.
Google’s IPO was held on August 19, 2004, raising $1.67 billion and giving it a market capitalization of $23 billion.
Through a series of new product developments, acquisitions and partnerships, the company has expanded its original search and advertising businesses into other areas, including web-based email, online maps, office productivity and video sharing, among others.
