Google parent company Alphabet is issuing its first ever dividend to shareholders. Google parent company Alphabet said Thursday that it would issue its first ever dividend to shareholders. The dividend is just 20 cents a share, but it was notable as a first time event. In addition to investors receiving a dividend, Google's co founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page , will receive a dividend of $146 million and $78 million, respectively. Since its founding in 1998, Google has returned mone
