Google Celebrates Its 27th Anniversary: From Garage Startup to Global Tech Giant

September 27, 2025 — Mountain View, CA — Today, Google marks its 27th birthday. Since its founding in 1998, the company has grown from a small search engine project into one of the world’s most influential technology companies, shaping how billions of people access information and use digital services every day.

Google was originally founded on September 4, 1998, by Stanford University Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. However, since 2006, the company has officially celebrated its birthday on September 27, a tradition that continues to this day.

Over the past 27 years, Google has achieved numerous milestones, including:

Revolutionizing Search: Its PageRank algorithm transformed how people navigate the internet, quickly making Google the world’s leading search engine.

Redefining Online Advertising: The launch of Google Ads (formerly AdWords) pioneered targeted digital advertising and fueled the company’s growth.

Expanding Its Ecosystem: Products such as Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, YouTube (acquired in 2006), and Android have become essential tools in everyday life.

Advancing AI and Emerging Tech: Through initiatives like DeepMind, Google Cloud, and the Gemini AI models, the company has become a leader in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and cloud infrastructure.

Today, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, boasts a market value of over $2 trillion, with hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide. Google’s products and services are used in more than 190 countries, with billions of daily searches, over 2.5 billion monthly active YouTube users, and Android powering the majority of smartphones globally.

To commemorate the anniversary, Google released a celebratory homepage Doodle, sharing the milestone with users worldwide. The company reaffirmed its mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” while looking ahead to breakthroughs in AI, sustainability, and the future of computing.