So will its other, newer ventures, which will henceforth be run more independently from the main business.
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The news was made public by Co- founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin in a blog post on the company’s official blog. Pichai was named Google’s product chief in 2014, where he brought services like Maps and Google+.
Analysts are looking into the clear connection between these companies.
Another problem that Google is facing when it comes to its new company is that the Alphabet’s website is barred in China, just less than a day after it has been revealed. There are more Indians than those belonging to other nationalities, after Americans, in the S&P 500 companies.
Unburdened by disparate businesses, such as its biotech and life sciences companies, Google can now focus more on Internet-related businesses instead of self-driving cars, drones, Google Glass and smart contact lenses.
The opportunity to get access to Google’s seemingly unlimited pocket (the company generated US.3-billion profit in the last quarter, and has around US$61-billion in cash at the moment), its talent pool, and corporate relationships combined with a very high level of independence can create an unparalleled value proposition for future acquisitions. It is worth mentioning that only some of the counted ones could meet and talk to these technology giants. If you asked someone to sit at a computer and ‘go to Google, ‘ I’m guessing that nearly no one would open Bing or another search engine. Pichai who was previously the Vice President of Products, has been working in Google since 2004, he is also one of the most prominent Google executives.
Google has acquired several companies over the years and the cost to maintain these companies has raised concerns among investors.
So, Google is re-branding itself, renaming the company “Alphabet”, And it’s no joke. “Those deals were worth billions of dollars to Google, and recaptured another large slice of customers who were potentially being lost to Bing”. At the same time, when Google announces the Alphabet announcement, Google shares rallied around 7 percent within a few hours of time of announcement.
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Each year, the trustworthy middle manager took on more responsibilities, eventually adding the Android smartphone operating system – which demanded a new round of dealmaking with phone makers – and all of Google’s apps, then taking the No. 2 position behind Page in October.
