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Comment by bitvoid

7 months ago

IIRC, they combined have about 51% voting shares

Ah, looks like this is correct, at least as of 2022:

> Even though such classes of shares were unusual in the tech industry, Brin and Page decided to copy the structure. In the case of Google (now Alphabet), A shares carry one vote, while B shares each carry 10 votes. Brin and Page between them own 51 percent of those B shares, giving them joint control of the company, even though they own less than 12 percent of its total shares.

1: https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/warren-buffett-google-serge...