There’s at least one guy who really loves the name of a Google’s new parent company: Chris from Ohio.
That’s because Chris’s Twitter handle is @alphabet, which just happens to be the name of the new parent company announced by the search giant on Monday. Alphabet will be run by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, operating as an umbrella company over Google’s many ventures. Sundar Pichai is taking over as CEO of Google.
“Don’t worry, we’re still getting used to the name too!” wrote Larry Page in a blog post announcement.
This could mean a big payday for @alphabet owner Chris Andrikanich, who created the handle long before Google’s restructuring announcement.
“Well, that was an interesting way to end a Monday…” Andrikanich tweeted after the news broke.
In light of Monday’s news, Google will probably be pretty interested in acquiring the handle.
According to Twitter’s Rules, users may not buy or sell user names. But there is an underground market for Twitter handles.
According to one Reddit post, submitted over a year ago, one entrepreneur was offered for $15,000 for his handle. ReadWrite reported on a $50,000 offer for a Twitter handle in 2014.
Twitter did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
Andrikanich, who is a marketing director for an Ohio-based publishing firm according to his LinkedIn, also did not respond immediately to requests for comment. His Twitter bio reads: “Dad. Husband. Self-proclaimed geek who fires off regular gibberish, gobblety-gook about sports, tech, CLE, and whatever…”
