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| homepage = }} Alphabet Inc. (commonly known as Alphabet) is an American multinational conglomerate created in 2015 as the parent company of Google and several other companies previously owned by or tied to Google.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aol.com/article/2015/08/10/google-to-be-part-of-new-holding-company-alphabet/21220854/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.cnet.com/news/google-restructures-into-alphabet-soup-of-businesses/ )〕 The company is based in California and headed by Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, with Page serving as CEO and Brin as President. The reorganization of Google into Alphabet was completed on October 2, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SEC Filing (Form 8-K) by Alphabet Inc. )〕 Alphabet's portfolio encompasses several industries, including technology, life sciences, investment capital, and research. Some of its subsidiaries include Google, Calico, Google Ventures, Google Capital, Google X, and Nest Labs. Following the restructuring Page became CEO of Alphabet while Sundar Pichai took his position as CEO of Google.〔〔 Shares of Google's stock have been converted into Alphabet stock, which trade under Google's former ticker symbols of "GOOG" and "GOOGL". The establishment of Alphabet was prompted by a desire to make the core Google internet services business "cleaner and more accountable" while allowing greater autonomy to group companies that operate in businesses other than internet services.〔〔 == History == On August 10, 2015, Google Inc. announced plans to create a new public holding company, Alphabet Inc. Google CEO Larry Page made this announcement in a blog post on Google's official blog.〔 Alphabet will be created to restructure Google by moving subsidiaries from Google to Alphabet, narrowing Google's scope. The company will consist of Google, Nest Labs, and Calico, as well as other businesses including Google X, Google Capital, and Google Ventures.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-alphabet-googles-new-company-2015-8 )〕 Sundar Pichai, current Product Chief, is to become the new CEO of Google, replacing Larry Page. In his announcement, Page described the planned holding company as follows:〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.cnet.com/news/googles-larry-page-explains-the-new-alphabet/ )〕 As well as explaining the origin of the company's name: Page says the motivation behind the reorganization is to make Google "cleaner and more accountable." He also said he wanted to improve "the transparency and oversight of what we’re doing," and to allow greater control of unrelated companies.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alphabet Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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