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Age: 51
Profession: Business Men
Other Profession(s): Internet Entrepreneur, Computer scientist
Famous For: Co-Founded Google with Larry Page
Higher Education: Stanford University (MS)
Net Worth: $89 Billion Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
Sergey Brin, a computer scientist and entrepreneur, is widely known for co-founding Google. One of the most successful internet companies out there. Born in Russia in 1973, Brin started his journey to success by moving to the US with his family at a young age. During his time pursuing a PhD at Stanford University, he met Larry Page who would help him develop Google’s first ever algorithm, the PageRank algorithm. Thanks to the algorithm, Google became popular shortly after its release and took off from there. Nowadays Brin is known for being quite charitable and investing in new technology.
Sergey Brin Education:
1995: Brin begins his PhD in computer science at Stanford University, where he meets Larry Page.
Sergey Brin Career:
1996: Brin and Page begin collaborating on a search engine project, which would eventually become Google.
1998: Brin and Page incorporate Google as a company.
2001: Brin is named one of the "30 under 30" by Forbes magazine.
2004: Google goes public, making Brin a billionaire.
2005: Brin marries Anne Wojcicki, who co-founded the personal genomics company 23andMe.
2011: Brin becomes the director of the X division at Google, which focuses on developing "moonshot" projects like self-driving cars and augmented reality glasses.
2015: Brin becomes the president of Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company.
2018: Brin steps down from his role as president of Alphabet and becomes a board member.
Sergey Brin Awards:
Marconi Prize (2004): Brin and Larry Page were jointly awarded
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1993-1995)
Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award (2002
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (2004)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (2004)
German Media Prize (2014)
Sergey Brin Unknown:
Brin's family emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States when he was six years old.
Brin is an avid trapeze artist and has performed with the Flying Circus troupe.