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Larry Page
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| Larry Page | |
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 Lawrence Page |
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| Born | March 26, 1973 Lansing, Michigan |
| Occupation | Co-Founder & President of Products of Google Inc. |
| Salary | $25,045 USD (2005)[1][2] |
| Net worth |  $18.5 billion USD (2007)[3][2] |
Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Google internet search engine, now Google Inc., with Sergey Brin.[4]
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Larry Page is the son of Dr. Carl Victor Page, a professor of computer science and artificial intelligence at Michigan State University and one of the University of Michigan's first computer science Ph.D graduates, [5] and Gloria Page, a computer programming teacher at Michigan State University. He is also the brother of Carl Victor Page, Jr., a co-founder of eGroups, later sold to Yahoo! for approximately half a billion dollars.
Page attended a Montessori school in Lansing, Michigan, and graduated from East Lansing High School. Page holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan with honors and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.[6] At University of Michigan, Page was a member of the solar car team and served as the president of the HKN.[7]
While a student in the Ph.D. program in computer science at Stanford University, Page met Sergey Brin. Together they launched the Google search engine in 1998. Google is based on patented PageRank technology, which relies on the structure of links between web sites to determine the ranking of an individual site. Page is still "on leave" from the Ph.D. program.
Page ran Google as co-president with Brin until 2001 when they hired Eric Schmidt to become Chairman and CEO of Google.
According to the 2006 edition of Forbes, Page had an estimated net worth of $18.5 Billion, making him the 26th richest person in the world, one place behind Brin.[8] Page and Brin recently purchased a pre-owned Qantas Boeing 767 airliner for their business and personal needs.
In 2007, Page was cited by PC World as #1 on the list of the 50 most important people on the web, along with Brin and Schmidt.[9]
Page is also an investor in Tesla Motors, which developed the Tesla Roadster, a 250 mile range battery electric vehicle.[10]
The World Economic Forum named Page as a Global Leader for Tomorrow. The X PRIZE chose Page as a trustee for their board.[5] Page married Lucinda Southworth at Richard Branson's Caribbean island, Necker Island, on 8 December, with guests rumored to include Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary. [11][12][13]
- ^ 2005 compensations from Google: $1 in salary, $1,630 in bonus, $33,411 other annual compensation, $3 all other compensation. Source: SEC. Google form 14A. Filed March 31, 2006.
- ^ a b Google Executives Compensation
- ^ Net Worth from Forbes: The World's Richest People, dated 6 March 2007.
- ^ PAGE Lawrence (Larry) E. International Who's Who. accessed September 1, 2006.
- ^ a b Google Corporate Information: Management: Larry Page
- ^ Google's corporate website notes that, while at the University of Michigan, Page created an inkjet printer, made of Lego bricks.
- ^ HKN College Chapter Directory. Eta Kappa Nu (2007-01-15).
- ^ The World's Billionaires. Forbes (2007-03-08).
- ^ Null, Christopher (March 5, 2007). The 50 Most Important People on the Web. PC World. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
- ^ SiliconBeat: Tesla Motors, new electric sports car company raises $40M from Google guys, others
- ^ Google founder Larry Page to marry, Reuters.
- ^ Google Co-Founder Page to Wed, The Associated Press.
- ^ Clintons to attend Google wedding, Times Online
- Google Corporate Information: Management
- Larry Page fan club
- Larry Page's Stanford website, archived
- Larry Page's Alumni Profile Detailed
- America's Best Leaders
- Larry Page's Alumni Profile Composite
- Channel 4 News: "Google's Vision", 23 May 2006
- "The Searchmeisters" -- profile on Page and Brin from the B'nai B'rith Magazine (Spring 2006)
- Video → Google Founders - Charlie Rose interview from 2001 (14 min)
- → On the Origins of Google
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| NAME | Page, Larry |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Co-Founder & President of Products of Google Inc. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 26 March 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lansing, Michigan |
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