Posted 3/26/2024, 7:02:10 PM
Steve Jobs Advised Larry Page to Focus Google, Leading to Creation of Alphabet
- Larry Page visited Steve Jobs in 2011; Jobs advised Page to focus on 5 key Google products rather than expanding too widely like Microsoft
- Page initially tried to focus Google on Android and Google+, but later decided Alphabet could pursue more ambitious projects
- Alphabet was created in 2015 as a parent company to contain Google and its future projects like contact lenses
- Page chose the name Alphabet so employees would be proud to work there, not as a consumer brand
- Alphabet is now a $1.9 trillion company with businesses in search, cloud computing, AI, self-driving cars, and more