It went public in 2004 so you can’t see the complete picture of the success the company has had in its stock chart, but nonetheless, its history is a phenomenal story.
Compare Google’s story with this chart of the newspaper industry that has been making the rounds of Twitter and blogs.
Newspapers even had a head start on the Internet, but Google thrived while newspapers have seen their fortunes precipitously decline.
What will the next 11 years hold?