I think your comment reduces to "The board of directors controls a company, and shareholders have the power to vote for members of the board of directors". I a

I think your comment reduces to "The board of directors controls a company, and shareholders have the power to vote for members of the board of directors". I agree. And before this event took place, 59% of shareholders votes were held by Sergey and Larry. This means that Sergey Brin and Larry Page held the majority of shareholder votes.