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Lawrence "Larry" Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Google, alongside Sergey Brin.
"Basically, our goal is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful." --Larry Page
"To me, this is about preserving history and making it available to everyone" --Sergey Brin
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all good genius start-up stories, Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. in a friend's garage in Menlo Park, Calif. Since its incorporation on September 4, 1998, the company has grown to nearly 20,000 full-time employees worldwide, and with a steady stream of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships, has extended its reach far beyond its modest beginnings as a web search engine.
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August 2004, Google went public with an IPO that raised $1.67 billion 4, 2011, Page succeeded Eric Schmidt as the chief executive officer of Google.
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As of 2013, Page's personal wealth is estimated to be US$20.3 billion, ranking him #13 on the Forbes 400 list of the 400 richest Americans.
and Brin own approximately 16 percent of Google's stock
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