Google’s 25-year journey from dorm to internet dominance

More than 25 years ago, two students at Stanford University brainstormed in their dormitory and came up with an idea – to create an internet search engine that would organize web pages and also rank them. Initially called BackRub, the startup grew into one of the world’s most valuable and influential companies, Google.

Google’s products, including Gmail and search, are now used by billions and its co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, rank among the richest people in the world.

Here are some milestones in the history of the tech giant, whose parent is now known as Alphabet: