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The History of Google: how two Stanford students, an algorithm called PageRank, and a $100,000 check written to a company that didn't exist yet built one of the most valuable companies on Earth.
In this documentary we cover Google's full story: from BackRub and the Menlo Park garage, to AdWords, the 2004 IPO, Gmail, YouTube, Android, Chrome, the AI race with Gemini, and the antitrust battles that continue today.
📌 KEY FACTS COVERED
• 1996: BackRub and PageRank at Stanford
• September 15, 1997: google.com registered
• September 4, 1998: Google incorporated in Menlo Park
• October 2000: AdWords launches
• August 19, 2004: Google IPO at $85 per share
• 2006: YouTube acquired for $1.65 billion
• 2015: Alphabet becomes Google's parent company
• January 2026: Alphabet passes $4 trillion in market value
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📚 SOURCES:
Brin and Page, "The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine" (1998); Alphabet SEC filings; European Commission press releases; U.S. v. Google court opinions (D.D.C.); Reuters and Wall Street Journal coverage.
This video is for educational purposes. Some details, such as the origin of the Google name, are told in several versions, and we note where accounts differ.
