Why are people so interested in screwing up something that obviously works, and works so amazingly well in pursuit of absurd ideologies?
Google may have been 'mind blowing' but there is a bucket-load of things they simply seem unable to do (such as have a clear overall strategy, leading to the mess that is their approach to messaging), and in addition while they have clearly been hugely profitable, they may not give the best experience for some of their users (I've heard the phrase 'regularly cut off [their] own limbs' used). Whether this would be changed if their workforce was more diverse in terms of age (and therefore more experienced) we will never know, but I have my suspicions.
For example, http://www.forbes.com/sites/ekaterinawalter/2014/01/14/reapi...
There have been specific times as well that being in our little bubble has hurt product decisions as well, although I don't think I'm supposed to go into those.
Everything else other than advertising has failed or is held up by that ad revenue. They may want to play world leaders, but they're an ad company.
Now - back to your point about absurd ideologies, it's against the US law to discriminate based on age. This ad company needs to play by the rules, regardless of how many ads it has sold.