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You're right.. Class A is traded publicly. Class B is what's owned by Sergey and Brin, and it has 10 votes per share (vs 1 vote per share for Class A), and allows them to outvote all Class A shares.

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Sergey and Brin or Larry and Page? ;)

Haha. To clarify, It's Sergey Brin AND Larry Page the OP was referring to.

Good catch. Thanks.

Schmidt also owns Class B shares. I believe at the time the B shares were issued, between Brin, Page, and Schmidt they held over 50% of voting control (it was something close to 20/20/10 on voting control).

edit correction: "Mr. Page, Mr. Brin and Mr. Schmidt collectively already control 66 percent of the vote through special Class B shares."

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/stock-split-for-googl...

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