Sergey Brin

Biography

Brin was six when his family left the Soviet Union for the United States in 1979. At Stanford he partnered with Larry Page on the search engine that became Google in 1998. He later led Alphabet's X 'moonshot factory' work, including early self-driving car and Google Glass projects, before stepping down as Alphabet's president in 2019.

Russian-born American computer scientist who emigrated to the United States as a child and co-founded Google at Stanford.

Known for

Co-founding Google with Larry Page.

Notable works & defining projects

• Google Search
• PageRank
• Alphabet X (moonshot projects)

Notable achievements

• Co-founded Google (1998) and co-invented PageRank
• Championed Alphabet X projects including Waymo's self-driving programme
• Co-founded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)

Timeline

1. 1979Emigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union
2. 1998Co-founded Google with Larry Page
3. 2019Stepped down as president of Alphabet

Did you know?

• He emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States at age six in 1979
• His father taught mathematics and his mother worked as a researcher for NASA