PERSON OF THE MILLENNIUM: LARRY PAGE (LAWRENCE E. PAGE)

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

PERSONALITY

Vision Motivation Focus Trustworthy Teamwork Emotional Intelligence Google is the Top employer around the

globe

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