Google.org

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Google.org is the charitable arm of search engine Internet company Google. It lists its mission as helping with global poverty, energy and the environment. It is a for-profit charity, which means it is taxable. The organization has made $7 million in investments and grants as of September 15, 2006. Google has given the organisation a starting fund of 1 billion dollars. Among its first projects is to develop a viable plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can attain 100 mpg.[1]

The current director is Dr. Larry Brilliant.[2]

  1. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/technology/14google.html
  2. ^ http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/brilliant.html

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Other Directors: John Doerr • Michael Moritz • Ram Shriram • John Hennessy • Arthur D. Levinson • Paul Otellini • Shirley M. Tilghman • Ann Mather

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Stock Symbol: (NASDAQ: GOOG), (LSE: GGEA) • Annual Revenue: US$7.14 billion (2006)
Employees: 10,674 (December 31, 2006) • Website: www.google.com


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