Google is now a wholly owned subsidiary of a new company called "Alphabet", to be run by Larry Page and Sergei Brin. Sundar Pichai will be CEO of Google, which will remain focused on its core of web-related products. Alphabet will serve as and umbrella for Google's now quite diverse projects, with a separate CEO for each. By way of example, the announcement cites a Life Sciences group, and a group called Calico which is focused on longevity.
All stock in Google will be converted to Alphabet stock, with the same rights and number of shares.
takyon: The Register, The New York Times, Wired, MarketWatch.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Hartree on Tuesday August 11 2015, @12:59AM
But, we no longer refer to it as being "evil". We just refer to it as being true to the ideals of our guiding philosphers Genghis Khan and Niccolo Machiavelli.