Larry Page
Larry Page, (born March 26, 1973 in Lansing, Michigan, USA) is an American computer scientist and co-founder of Google, Inc., the world’s largest internet company, based on its search engine and online advertising technology. He is ranked 33rd on the 2008 Forbes list of the world’s billionaires and is the 6th richest person in America. In 2007 he and co-founder Sergey Brin were both ranked #1 of the “50 Most Important People on the Web” by PC World Magazine.
Larry Page is the son of the late 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, and Gloria Page, a computer programming teacher at Michigan State University. Although his mother was Jewish, Page was raised similarly to his father, and did not practice any religion. He is also the brother of Carl Victor Page, Jr.. a co-founder of eGroups, which was later sold to Yahoo!.
During an interview, Page said that “their house was usually a mess, with computers and Popular Science magazines all over the place.” His love affair with computers started when he was six years old when he got “to play with the stuff lying around.” He became the “first kid in his elementary school to turn in an assignment” from a word processor. His older brother also taught him to take things apart, and before long he was taking “everything in his house apart to see how it worked.” He said that “from a very early age, I also realized I wanted to invent things. So I became really interested in technology…and business. So probably from when I was 12 I knew I was going to start a company eventually.”
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. While at the University of Michigan, “Page created an inkjet printer made of Lego bricks”, served as the president of the HKN, and was a member of the solar car team.
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- Born Lawrence Edward “Larry” Page, March 26, 1973 (1973-03-26)
- Lansing, Michigan
- Occupation Computer scientist, technology innovator, entrepreneur
- Net worth $15.8 billion USD (2008)
- Known for Co-founder of Google, Inc.
- Spouse(s) Lucinda Southworth
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