Google

Google is an international technology corporation founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Page and Brin met at Stanford University, and they founded the company in 2004. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Google runs more than 1 million servers around the world, and Google’s search engines process more than 1 billion searches every day. Google also offers free online products such as GoogleMaps and Gmail.

Alexa lists Google as the Internet's most-visited website, and Fortune magazine lists Google in its “Top Ten Places to Work.” BrandZ says Google has the most powerful brand in the world.