who owns motorola inc.
So Google owns Motorola. 3 Comments. After waiting months and finally gaining approval from China on the deal, Googleâs $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola closed on Tuesday. Effective immediately, Dennis Woodside takes over the CEO spot for Motorola Mobility, which will be an independently run division of Google. Sanjay Jha has stepped down from the top Motorola spot after leading the company since August of 2008. Jha was instrumental in being one of the lead companies to embrace Googleâs Android operating system and helping to kick off the Android revolution with the first Android 2.0 device; the Motorola Droid.