Larry Page is the co-founder of Google who started the popular Google search engine with Sergey Brin. While studying for his Ph.D at Stanford University, Page met Brin and they began working on projects involving data mining and search engines, leading to the creation of Google. Page dedicated himself to Google and focused on developing PageRank, the algorithm that powers Google search and is key to its success. Under Page's leadership as president, Google became a hugely successful public company valued at billions.
1. PERSON OF THE MILLENNIUM:
LARRY PAGE (LAWRENCE E. PAGE)
2. PERSON OF THE MILLENNIUM
Larry Page (Lawrence E.
Page): Google Cofounder
Famous for : Starting the
popular Google search
engine with Sergey Brin
Page details : Born - March
26, 1973 Michigan - USA
Lives - America
3. EARLY LIFE
Larry Page was born on the 26th of March,
1973 in Michigan, USA
Page always had a keen interest in
computers while growing up and was
encouraged by his father, Dr. Carl Victor
Page
Larry Page graduated with a focus on
computer engineering at the University of
Michigan
It was while studying his Ph.D. at the
Stanford University that he met Sergey
Brin.
4. THE BEGINNINGS OF GOOGLE
Sergey Brin
-Co founder of Google
- Close Friends
- Focus on Data Mining System.
Page and Brin began work on a project The Anatomy
of a Search Engine
Dormitory crammed with cheap computers
Funds borrowed from friends and family
Rented Menlo Park to begin operations
Original name for Google was “Backrub” by Brin
Google originated from GooGol
5. DEDICATION TO GOOGLE
The Google project relied on the
PageRank technology that the pair
developed
PageRank provided the basis for Brin
and Page's PhD project and continues
to be the major factor in Google's
search algorithm today
Larry Page never finished his PhD
because of the great success of his
Google search engine
6. SUCCESS STORY
In its early years Google allowed no
advertising in their search engine results
Google became a public company on
August 19, 2004
Larry Page became president of products
in 2001
In 2005 Larry Page has an estimated
wealth of $US7.2 billion according to the
Forbes business magazine
Forbes ranks Larry Page as the 55th
richest man in the world at just 32 years
of age.
7. LARRY PAGE QUOTES
If you can run the company a bit
more collaboratively, you get a
better result, because you have
more bandwidth and checking and
balancing going on.
We don't have as many managers
as we should, but we would rather
have too few than too many.