Because of this situation, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with Chairman Eric Schmidt, control about 64% of share votes. In addition, Google plans to introduce a new class of shares in the future -- Class C stock -- that lacks voting power altogether, allowing these insiders to acquire additional shareholder capital in the future without diluting their voting power. What average shareholders think In a 2013 shareholder proposal pushing for Google to change this capital structure to give all shares an equal number of votes, sponsor John Chevedden argues that the current system allows Google to use shareholders' capital without giving them the power to hold management accountable for how they run the company. And it appears that most average shareholders agree with his objections. Let's first consider last year's proxy voting tallies.