Sanmay Ved Briefly Bought Google

In 2015, former Google employee Sanmay Ved purchased the Google.com domain for $12 after it briefly appeared as available on the Google Domains platform. Google canceled the order within about a minute and regained control of the domain. The company later rewarded Ved with $6,006.13, a number meant to resemble “Google.” When Ved said he would donate the money to charity, Google doubled the reward.

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