"four tech giants— Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Meta (formerly Facebook ) and Amazon"
So I guess the distinction in their eyes is that Facebook renamed itself whilst Google sold itself to a parent company? Can someone chime in on the legal entities and mechanics used for the two?
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They use this phrasing in the article text:
"four tech giants— Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Meta (formerly Facebook ) and Amazon"
So I guess the distinction in their eyes is that Facebook renamed itself whilst Google sold itself to a parent company? Can someone chime in on the legal entities and mechanics used for the two?
Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Don’t know about Facebook/Meta though
Facebook was a straight rename to Meta, no parent company or anything.