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Larry Page Lawrence Page
Lawrence Page
Born: March 26, 1973 (1973-03-26) (age 34)
Lansing, Michigan
Occupation: Co-Founder & President of Products of Google Inc.
Salary: $35,045 USD (2005)[1]
Net worth: $16.6 billion USD (2007)[2]
Larry Page Lawrence Page
Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page (born March 26, 1973 in Lansing,
Michigan) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Google
internet search engine, now Google Inc., with Sergey Brin.[3]
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Page is currently the President of Products at Google Inc. and has a
net worth estimated at 16.6 billion dollars, making him the 26th
richest (living) person in the world together with Sergey Brin
according to Forbes' annual list of billionaires on 2007[2].
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Early life and education
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Larry Page is the son of the late Dr. Carl Victor Page, one of the
University of Michigan's first computer science Ph.D Graduates,
professor of computer science and artificial intelligence at Michigan
State University[4], and Gloria Page, a computer programming teacher
at Michigan State University. He is also the brother of Carl Victor
Page, Jr., a co-founder of eGroups, later sold to Yahoo! for
approximately half a billion dollars.
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Page attended a Montessori school in Lansing, Michigan and graduated
from East Lansing High School. Page holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in computer engineering from the University of Michigan with honors
and a Masters degree from Stanford University.[5] At University of
Michigan, Page was a member of the solar car team and served as the
president of the HKN.[6]
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Business
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While a student in the Ph.D. program in computer science at Stanford
University, Page met Sergey Brin. Together they launched the Google
search engine in 1998. Google is based on patented PageRank
technology, which relies on the structure of links between web sites
to determine the ranking of an individual site. Page is still "on
leave" from the Ph.D. program.
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Page ran Google as co-president with Brin until 2001 when they hired
Eric Schmidt to become Chairman and CEO of Google.
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According to the 2006 edition of Forbes, Page had an estimated net
worth of $16.6 Billion, making him the 26th richest person in the
world, one place behind Brin[7]. Page and Brin recently purchased a
used Boeing 767 airliner for their business and personal needs.
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In 2007, Page was cited by PC World as #1 on the list of the 50 most
important people on the web, along with Brin and Schmidt.[8]
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Page is also an investor in Tesla Motors, which is developing the
Tesla Roadster, a 250 mile range battery electric vehicle.[9]
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Miscellaneous
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The World Economic Forum named Page as a Global Leader for Tomorrow.
The X PRIZE chose Page as a trustee for their board.[4]
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References and notes

1. ^ 2005 compensations from Google: $1 in salary, $1,630 in bonus,
$33,411 other annual compensation, $3 all other compensation. Source:
SEC. Google form 14A. Filed March 31, 2006.
2. ^ a b Net Worth from Forbes: The World's Richest People, dated 6
March 2007.
3. ^ PAGE Lawrence (Larry) E. International Who's Who. accessed
September 1, 2006.
4. ^ a b Google Corporate Information: Management: Larry Page
5. ^ Google's corporate website notes that, while at the University
of Michigan, Page created an inkjet printer, made of Lego bricks.
6. ^ HKN College Chapter Directory. Eta Kappa Nu (2007-01-15).
7. ^ The World's Billionaires. Forbes (2007-03-08).
8. ^ Null, Christopher. "The 50 Most Important People on the Web."
PC World. March 5, 2007. Retrieved on March 5, 2007.
9. ^ SiliconBeat: Tesla Motors, new electric sports car company
raises $40M from Google guys, others
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