Comments on: Google To Continue To Censor Results, Shareholders Agree http://searchengineland.com/google-to-continue-to-censor-results-shareholders-agree-11191 Search Engine Land: Must Read News About Search Marketing & Search Engines Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:37:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adam Sharp http://searchengineland.com/google-to-continue-to-censor-results-shareholders-agree-11191/comment-page-1#comment-2408 Adam Sharp Sat, 12 May 2007 20:39:13 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/beta/google-to-continue-to-censor-results-shareholders-agree-11191.php#comment-2408 Well, the boys at Google structured their IPO so that Page/Brin/Schmidt shares have 10x the voting power of other shares. "Larry Page and Sergey Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt, who together own 56.1 percent of the voting stock of Google, which has a market capitalization of nearly $150 billion." <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN0540361220070405" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN0540361220070405</a> So shareholders have very little sway with Google's management. That's a good thing in my opinion. Well, the boys at Google structured their IPO so that Page/Brin/Schmidt shares have 10x the voting power of other shares.

“Larry Page and Sergey Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt, who together own 56.1 percent of the voting stock of Google, which has a market capitalization of nearly $150 billion.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN0540361220070405

So shareholders have very little sway with Google’s management. That’s a good thing in my opinion.

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