Google co-founders step down as execs of Alphabet Inc
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will stay in his role and also become CEO of Alphabet Inc.
Letters spell the word "Alphabet" as they are seen on a computer screen with a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Paris, France on August 11, 2015
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from their roles within the parent company, Alphabet Inc.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will stay in his role and also become CEO of Alphabet.
Page, who had been serving as CEO of Alphabet Inc, and Brin, who had been president of Alphabet Inc, will remain on the board of the company.
Pichai has been leading Google for more than four years. Brin and Page have been noticeably absent from company events in recent months.
Brin and Page announced the news in a Google blog post on Tuesday, saying the company has "evolved and matured" in the two decades since its founding.
"Today, in 2019, if the company was a person, it would be a young adult of 21 and it would be time to leave the roost," they said.
Page and Brin started the search giant in 1998 in Silicon Valley.
Both founders promised they plan to stay actively involved as board members and shareholders, and lauded Pichai for his leadership of the company.
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