Google is the world leading internet search engine. Founded in 1998 by Sergej Brin and Larry Page, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Google generates the most of its revenues through advertising. The company offers a variety of free online services. Google also started selling search engine software. Revenues only account for a few percent of total revenues, but increase quickly. Google was the fastest growing software company of the Software Top 100 in 2009 and of the US Software Top 100.
| Company information | |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, United States |
| Primary business sector | Other software |
| Secondary business sector | Search engine |
| Type | Public (NASDAQ: GOOG) |
| Employees | 17,000 |
| Website | http://www.google.com |
| Wikipedia |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google |
| Software Top 100 position (2010) |
97 |
| Previous Software Top 100 position | 79 |
| Financial information |
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| Total revenues 2010 (mln US$) | 23,651 |
| Total revenues 2009 (mln US$) | 21,796 |
| Software revenues 2010 (mln US$) | 381 |
| Software revenues 2009 (mln US$) | 333 |
| Software revenues 2008 (mln US$) | 60 |
| Software revenue growth (%yoy) | 14.4% |
| Software/Total % 2009 | 1.6% |
| General information | http://www.google.com/corporate/ |
| Company investor relations url |
http://investor.google.com/order.html#download |
| Financial year end | December 31st |
| Software revenue calculation |
50% of licensing & other revenues |
| Other research remarks | Rough estimate |