Google in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Google.
Google, the largest business of Alphabet, makes Google Workspace, which includes Chat and Meet and is sold by subscription. Alphabet earned more than 70% of its 2025 revenue from online advertising.
Founded
1998
Based in
Mountain View
Chief executive
Sundar Pichai
Team
190,820 people
Ownership
Publicly traded
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Google’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 6, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Google. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
The company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
1998
The year Google was founded, in Mountain View
In a sentence
Google, the largest business of Alphabet, makes Google Workspace, which includes Chat and Meet and is sold by subscription. Alphabet earned more than 70% of its 2025 revenue from online advertising.
In a paragraph
Google was founded in 1998 and is based in Mountain View, California. Sundar Pichai is its CEO of Google and Alphabet; Larry Page and Sergey Brin are co-founders. Alphabet, Google's parent, reported 190,820 employees as of December 31, 2025. ToolGPA lists 2 of its products: Google Chat and Google Meet.
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Fact sheet
Company
Google
Founded
1998
Based in
Mountain View, California
Team
Alphabet, Google's parent, reported 190,820 employees as of December 31, 2025.
Website
workspace.google.com/products/chat
Products we list
Google Chat, Google Meet
Ownership: Publicly traded
Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., whose Class A and Class C shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as GOOGL and GOOG, according to Alphabet's annual report for 2025.
Leadership
SP
Sundar Pichai
CEO of Google and Alphabet
LP
Larry Page
Co-founder
SB
Sergey Brin
Co-founder
Hiring
Google Careers lists 3,138 open jobs across the whole company, with no filter applied.
Referral program
Google Workspace Referral Program: a one-time cash reward per new user, in the United States USD 8 for Business Starter, USD 15 for Business Standard and USD 23 for Business Plus, for up to 100 users per referred account and 200 users a year.
What they make
2 products, as ToolGPA grades them: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Google Chat
Team messaging and spaces built into Google Workspace
Team CommunicationFrom $7 per user / month with a 1-year commitmentFree plan4.6 on the App Store
2.8GPA
Best for teams already on Google Workspace. If your company pays for Google Workspace, you already have Google Chat, and it's good enough that a second bill for chat is hard to justify.
CValue
BFree
BFeatures
BEase
BPlatforms
Google Chat’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Google Meet
Browser-based video meetings included with Google Workspace
Team CommunicationFrom $7 per user / month with a 1-year commitmentFree plan4.8 on the App Store
2.8GPA
Best for quick calls with nothing to install. Google Meet is the video call you start from a browser tab.
CValue
BFree
CFeatures
AEase
BPlatforms
What reviewers praise: Reviewers of the iPhone app use it for video calls with friends and family who do not have iPhones, where FaceTime is not an option for them. Commenters say meetings run in the browser with nothing to install, including on Linux and in Firefox.
Google Meet’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 03 · News
News and contacts
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Google’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by Google, and Google’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are Google’s own, from its website and app-store listings.
