Google went public on August 19, 2004, yet it was a relatively obscure firm at the time. The internet was only in its infancy, let alone the notion of a search engine. Google's initial public offering (IPO) price was $85 per share. After 17 years and 232 acquisitions, Google is not just the world's most popular search engine, but it's also associated with the term "search engine." Nobody Googles anything instead of looking it up on the internet. However, the firm is much more than just an internet behemoth. Google has entered sectors such as advertising, hardware, and many others as a result of its purchases. Google changed its name to Alphabet in 2015 to reflect its expanding areas of interest. Google became a subsidiary of the new parent firm, which is known as the search-and-services section of profits. Google, Android, YouTube, and Google Cloud make up the 'core bets' segment of the firm. The rest of Alphabet's business is known as 'other bets,' and it includes industries like fiber broadband (Access), artificial intelligence (DeepMind), startup investments (Google Ventures), smart homes (Nest), and moon shot' projects under the Google X wing, such as self-driving cars (Waymo), delivery drones (Wing), and robots (Robots) (Boston Dynamics). Despite a difficult 2020, when Covid-19 wreaked havoc on companies throughout the world, GOOGLE shares are currently trading at $2,841 per share as of August 28, 2021. Because of a 2-4-1 stock split in 2014, a £1000 investment in Google's IPO — buying 11 shares – would now be worth approximately $62,000.