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in 2004 in the Google IPO (initial public offering) before the co-founder Larry Page (Larry Page) have undertaken a Item bold charity program, which allows non-profit organization excited.
Page said at the time, some employees will be drawn to 1% of Google's profits to the development of charity Google.org. Page said: to solve a series of major issues such as climate change, poverty and epidemics, but because of Google as a business to run their own, making Google.org is restricted in many ways.
Initially, Google named Larry Bryant (Larry Brilliant) in charge of Google.org. Bryant is a public health expert in the field, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, but no experience in managing large-scale charity. Later, Bryant has hired a development, energy, and a range of areas such as public health experts.
Bryant said: Google.org is now almost only one business: the promotion of the current Google products.
charity every year despite the market, Google invested tens of millions of dollars, a 1% cash investment commitments, but Google.org has lost its original commitment: commitment to non-profit institutions or finance new start-ups. Instead, use Google to promote their business Google.org, such as the use of Google Earth (Google Earth) to track environmental change, by monitoring the search to detect influenza outbreaks.
Google.org first batch of senior officials have left, Bryant resigned in early 2009, after the Megan Smith (Megan Smith) took over.
Google expresses Road, just adjust the charity, rather than the original ambitions. Smith acknowledged, Google.org has yet to prove himself, but has made a positive impact in many fields, such as public health and the environment. And Professor Joshua Cohen, Stanford University (Joshua Cohen) is that, Google.org has deviated from the original purpose. (Li)
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