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The man who killed Google Search?

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gnicholas ◴[] No.40135817[source]
> Larry Page and Sergey Brin left Google in December 2019 (the same year as the Code Yellow fiasco), and while they remain as controlling shareholders, they clearly don’t give a shit about what “Google” means anymore.

Is he saying that the two of them together hold enough voting shares to completely control Google? Or is he using the phrase "controlling shareholders" in a different way?

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1. TheCleric ◴[] No.40136334[source]
According to this they own 86% of class B shares together: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/011516/top-5-g...