The co-founders of Google, Larry Page, the CEO of Alphabet Inc., and Sergey Brin, Alphabet's President have faced widespread criticism in the past for the way they govern Alphabet. They jointly possess 51% of the company's voting power, although they say that this is to alleviate pressures of the stock market. It has not been confirmed yet whether they will attend in person to vote at the annual shareholder's meeting – last year they voted by proxy, although they were present for the meeting in 2015.