Waymo; Jamie McCarthy/Getty; DeepMind; Shayanne Gal/Business Insider
Left to right: John Krafcik, Waymo CEO. Astro Teller, Alphabet's Captain of Moonshots. Demis Hassabis, DeepMind CEO.
In 2015, Google's corporate structure was completely reimagined, as the search giant moved under the new parent company of Alphabet.
The company's core business - search, YouTube, and Android - would remain a part of Google, under the watch of CEO Sundar Pichai. The rest would be broken out into separate companies, each with their own CEOs. All would fall under the auspices of the new Alphabet construct, led by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Transform talent with learning that worksCapability development is critical for businesses who want to push the envelope of innovation.Discover how business leaders are strategizing around building talent capabilities and empowering employee transformation.Know More These non-Google companies that make up the Silicon Valley conglomerate are usually referred to as the "Other Bets," which is how they are labeled on Alphabet's financial statements. Nest - the smart appliance company Google acquired in 2014 - was once considered one of Alphabet's "Other Bets," but in 2018 it was reabsorbed back into the Google mothership.
Though their revenues and losses are lumped together each quarter, Alphabet's "Other Bets" share little else in common, with company's ranging from anti-aging labs to drone delivery services to startup investment funds.
Also, because the top executives of these companies are not named Larry or Sergey or Sundar, these leaders often fly under the radar. But that doesn't mean their backgrounds aren't worth considering.
One was a child chess prodigy, who created a smash hit video game by the age of 17. Another is the largest individual shareholder in Apple. Notably, none are women.
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