Larry Page

Biography

Page met Sergey Brin at Stanford, where their PageRank algorithm ranked web pages by the links pointing to them. Founded in 1998, Google grew from a research project into Alphabet, one of the most valuable companies on earth. Page served as CEO of Google and then Alphabet before stepping back in 2019.

American computer scientist who co-created PageRank at Stanford and co-founded Google, the defining search company of the internet era.

Known for

Co-founding Google with Sergey Brin.

Notable works & defining projects

• Google Search
• PageRank
• Alphabet Inc.

Notable achievements

• Co-founded Google (1998) and co-invented the PageRank algorithm
• Led the 2015 restructuring that created Alphabet
• Backed ambitious 'moonshot' projects from self-driving cars to life sciences

Timeline

1. 1998Co-founded Google with Sergey Brin at Stanford
2. 2015Became CEO of the new parent company, Alphabet
3. 2019Stepped down as Alphabet CEO

Did you know?

• Both of his parents were computer science pioneers at Michigan State University
• Google's first server racks were famously housed in a casing built from Lego bricks