TCI owns much less Google stock than employees do. Larry, Sergey, and Eric still have most of the voting rights. TCI is making the news for being an activist i

TCI owns much less Google stock than employees do. Larry, Sergey, and Eric still have most of the voting rights. TCI is making the news for being an activist investor calling for layoffs because 1) the media is frothing at the opportunity to announce Google layoffs, even though none have been announced 2) the goal of an activist investor is to drum up support to make their activist wish happen.