Google's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

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CEO

Sundar Pichai

CEO Approval Rating

95/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

1998

Headquarters:

Mountain ViewCalifornia

Status:

PrivateSubsidiary of Alphabet Inc

Industry Sector:

IT Services

SIC Code:

7372NAICS listing »

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

Baidu is seen as one of Google's biggest rivals. Baidu is headquartered in Beijing, Beijing Municipality, and was founded in 2000. Like Google, Baidu also works within the IT Services sector. Baidu generates 10% the revenue of Google.

Microsoft is seen as one of Google's top competitors. Microsoft was founded in 1975, and its headquarters is in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft competes in the Internet Software field. Microsoft has 45,229 more employees than Google.

Apple is one of Google's top rivals. Apple is a Public company that was founded in Cupertino, California in 1976. Apple operates in the Computer Hardware industry. Apple has 33,229 more employees vs. Google.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Sundar Pichai

CEO

- -
98,771
$1.7B
$148.3B
1

Robin Li

Chairman & CEO

85/100
45,887
$2.3B
$15.4B
2

Satya Nadella

CEO

75/100
131,000
$61M
$125.8B
3

Timothy Cook

CEO

80/100
132,000
$1B
$259B
4

Jeffrey P. Bezos

Chairman & CEO

62/100
647,500
$56M
$252.1B
5

Mark Zuckerberg

Chairman & CEO

67/100
35,587
$31.3B
$62.6B
6

Thomas J. McInerney

CEO

77/100
8,500
$33.8M
$5.4B
7

Satya Nadella

CEO

66/100
1,065
- -
$50M
8

Arkady Volozh

Co-Founder & CEO

73/100
6,271
$1.3B
$2.3B
9

Mark Hurd

Co-CEO

75/100
137,000
$31.5M
$39.5B
10

Marc Benioff

Co-CEO

81/100
35,000
$2.7B
$14.7B
The top 10 competitors in Google's competitive set are Baidu, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Altaba, Bing, Yandex, Oracle and Salesforce. Together they have raised over 38.7B between their estimated 1.2M employees. Google's revenue is the ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 84.1B. Google has 98,771 employees and is ranked 5th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 116,234.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
Socratic

Aug 2019

Source »
undisclosed
Socratic is a mobile application that allows students to find study materials, physics problems, math equations and educational guides.
Elastifile Ltd.

Jul 2019

Source »
$200M
Elastifile is a cloud-based platform that provides file storage and data management solutions for media, life sciences and financial sectors.
Looker Data Sciences, Inc.

Jun 2019

Source »
$2.6B
Looker is a data-driven business intelligence platform that offers embedded marketing analytics and data discovery solutions.
Alooma, Inc.

Feb 2019

Source »
undisclosed
Alooma is a data pipeline platform that enables businesses to extract, integrate and transfer their data sources to cloud data warehouses.
Superpod, Inc.

Jan 2019

Source »
$60M
Superpod designs and develops a mobile application that offers natural language processing solutions for individuals.

These are all the companies that Google has acquired. Google has acquired 145 companies and its latest acquisition was Socratic in Aug 2019. Socratic is a mobile application that allows students to find study materials, physics problems, math equations and educational guides.

Google Funding History

Since Google was founded in 1998, it has participated in 3 rounds of funding. In total Google has raised $1.7B. Google's last funding round was on Aug 2004 for a total of $1.7B

ROUND

FUNDING DATE

AMOUNT

INVESTORS

IPO
Aug 2004
$1.7B

Series A
Jun 1999
$25M
Angel
Aug 1998
$100K
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Total Funding: $1.7B

Since Google was founded in 1998, it has participated in 3 rounds of funding. In total Google has raised $1.7B. Google's last funding round was on Aug 2004 for a total of $1.7B

Investments

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

AMOUNT

INVESTMENT DATE

ROUND

EXIT DATE

Dunzo is an AI-based hyperlocal application that provides delivery services for groceries, food, medicines and pet supplies.
$45M
Oct 03, 2019
Series D
-
Trifacta is a cloud-based data wrangling platform that allows businesses to discover, structure, validate and publish analysis-ready data.
$100M
Sep 11, 2019
Equity
-
StitchCrew is an accelerator program that connects tech entrepreneurs with capital, human resources and social networks.
$25K
Aug 20, 2019
Grant
-
KaiOS is a developer of Linux-based mobile operating system that allows users to access 4G LTE, GPS and Wi-Fi services.
$50M
May 21, 2019
Series B
-
Dunzo is an AI-based hyperlocal application that provides delivery services for groceries, food, medicines and pet supplies.
$9.8M
Apr 07, 2019
Series C
-

These are all the companies that Google has invested in. Google has invested 145 companies and its latest investment was Socratic in Aug 2019. Socratic is a mobile application that allows students to find study materials, physics problems, math equations and educational guides.

Google News

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Google Blogs

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Making technology accessible for everyone

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October 11, 2019Google Blog

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Google Press Releases

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Sleep-startup Cloudy Joins Google Brand Accelerator

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September 26, 2019Presswire

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September 18, 2019Business Wire

SNP Teams Up with Google Cloud to Expedite Enterprise Migration

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September 17, 2019Business Wire

AppDirect Announces Move to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Partners With Google to Deliver IaaS to Customers

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September 17, 2019GlobeNewswire

Electriq Power Welcomes Google Energy Strategist Neha Palmer as Board Member and Jan Klube as Vice President of Engineering

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September 16, 2019PRWeb

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September 16, 2019PR Newswire

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Google Videos

May 10, 2019Google Youtube Channel

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March 5, 2019Google Youtube Channel

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ABOUT

Overview

Google (NYSE: GOOG) is a multinational technology company that was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998. Since 2015, Google has been a subsidiary of Alphabet, a parent company started to organize its various businesses under a conglomerate. G...

CEO

Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, currently has an approval rating of 95%. Google's primary competitors are Baidu, Microsoft & Apple.

Website

google.com

Frequently Asked Questions about Google

  1. When was Google founded?

    Google was founded in 1998

  2. Who is Google's CEO?

    Google's CEO is Sundar Pichai

  3. How much revenue does Google generate?

    Google generates $148.3B in revenue

  4. How much funding does Google have?

    Google has historically raised $1.7B in funding

  5. Where is Google's headquarters?

    Google's headquarters is in Mountain View California, USA

  1. How many employees does Google have?

    Google has 98,771 employees

  2. What sector does Google operate in?

    Google is in IT Services

  3. Who are Google's competitors?

    Google's top competitors are Baidu, Microsoft, Apple

  4. Who has Google invested in?

    Google's has invested in companies such as Dunzo, Trifacta, StitchCrew
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