Sergey Brin Biography

Occup.	Businessman
From	USA
Born	August 21, 1973
Age	51 years

Early Life and Education
Sergey Brin was born on August 21, 1973, in Moscow, Russia, to Michael Brin and also Eugenia Brin. His dad was a mathematician and economist, while his mommy worked as a scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. In 1979, when Sergey was six years old, his family immigrated to the United States to leave the suppression of Jews in the Soviet Union.

Brin grew up in Adelphi, Maryland, as well as attended Paint Branch Montessori School. He later on participated in Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where his rate of interest in computer systems began to establish. After secondary school, Brin registered at the University of Maryland, where he studied computer science as well as math. He took place to earn a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in maths and also computer science in 1993.

Upon graduation, Brin participated in Stanford University to examine for his Ph.D. in computer technology. It was at Stanford that he met Larry Page, with whom he would certainly later on co-found Google.

Founding of Google
While examining for their Ph.D. at Stanford, Brin and also Page embarked on a research study task to improve the means people looked for info on the internet. Their task, nicknamed "Backrub", intended to develop an extra reliable and accurate online search engine by examining the variety of times a web site linked to other sites.

As their study advanced, Brin and also Page realized the capacity in their project and made a decision to transform it right into a firm. In 1998, the duo started Google Inc., as well as established their first workplace in a rented out garage in Menlo Park, California. The firm's initial financing originated from angel capitalists, consisting of Sun Microsystems founder Andy Bechtolsheim as well as venture capitalist John Doerr.

Within a year of its launch, Google had quickly gained popularity for its accurate and comprehensive search results page, bring in numerous customers worldwide.

Service Expansion and Innovation
Under the leadership of Brin and Page, Google expanded as well as diversified its offerings. In 2000, the company introduced AdWords, which allowed advertisers to bid for key words that would turn up on the internet search engine results page. This showed to be a very lucrative resource of income for the business.

In 2002, Google launched Google News, followed by various other remarkable items including Google Scholar, Google Earth, Google Books, and also many more.

In 2004, Google held its going public (IPO), raising $1.67 billion as well as solidifying Brin and also Page as billionaires.

In 2006, Google obtained the preferred video-sharing site YouTube for $1.65 billion in supply. The list below year, the firm released Android, an operating system for mobile phones. Android rapidly came to be the dominant mobile operating system, with countless tools running the system worldwide.

Philanthropy and Personal Life
Throughout his occupation, Brin has taken an energetic interest in philanthropy. In 2004, he and Larry Page established Google.org, the business's kind arm that looks for to address worldwide challenges with modern technology and also development. Brin has actually also contributed considerable amounts to numerous causes, including Parkinson's disease study, disaster alleviation efforts, as well as educational campaigns.

In his personal life, Brin was married to Anne Wojcicki, a biologist as well as founder of the genetic screening company 23andMe, from 2007 to 2015. The couple has two youngsters with each other.

Since 2021, Sergey Brin's total assets is approximated to be over $100 billion, making him among the most affluent people on the planet.

Tradition
Sergey Brin, together with Larry Page, transformed net search by co-founding Google, which has given that turned into one of the globe's most valuable and also prominent firms. Via Google, Brin has shaped the way individuals access information and also interact with innovation. As both a business owner and also benefactor, Brin's payments have had a substantial influence on the world.

Our collection contains 7 quotes who is written / told by Sergey.

Related authors: Larry Page (Businessman), John Doerr (Businessman), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady)

Sergey Brin Famous Works:

1998 The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine (Paper)

7 Famous quotes by Sergey Brin

"Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world"

"Once you go from 10 people to 100, you already don't know who everyone is. So at that stage you might as well keep growing, to get the advantages of scale"

"We want Google to be the third half of your brain"

"We just want to have great people working for us"

"Google actually relies on our users to help with our marketing. We have a very high percentage of our users who often tell others about our search engine"

"You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired"

"Some say Google is God. Others say Google is Satan. But if they think Google is too powerful, remember that with search engines unlike other companies, all it takes is a single click to go to another search engine"