Google cofounder’s birthday | Larry Page was born | Techday, March 26th
On this TECHDAY in history, on March 26th 1973, Larry Page, Google developer and co-founder (along with Sergey Brin) in 1998, was born in Michigan, USA.
Page was the chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until 2001 (stepping down in favor of Eric Schmidt) then once again, from April 2011 until July 2015. Afterwards he moved on to become CEO of Alphabet Inc. (which was created to deliver “major advancements” as Google’s parent company), a post he held until December 4, 2019. He remains an Alphabet board member, employee, and controlling shareholder.
Creating Google built for him a significant amount of wealth. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as of March 2022, Page has a net worth of approximately $125 billion, making him the fifth-wealthiest person in the world. Page is also the co-creator and namesake of PageRank, a search ranking algorithm for Google.
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