Google is an independent company.
In August 2015 , Google announced plans to reorganize its various interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet Inc. .	conglomerate	Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is the combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate group , usually involving a parent company and many subsidiaries .	corporate group	corporate group	parent company	parent company	subsidiaries	subsidiaries
