Larry Page

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Larry Page

Larry Page in the European Parliament, 17.06.2009 (cropped).jpg

Page in 2009 speaking in public

Born Lawrence Edward Page

March 26, 1973 (age 47)

Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

Nationality American

Alma mater University of Michigan (BS)

Stanford University (MS)

Occupation

Software engineer

Internet entrepreneur

Known for Co-founding Google

Co-founding Alphabet Inc.

Co-creator PageRank

Net worth US$65.6 billion (September 2020)[1]

Spouse(s) Lucinda Southworth (m. 2007)

Children 2

Lawrence Edward Page[1][2][3] (born March 26, 1973) is an American software engineer and Internet
entrepreneur. He is best known as one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin.[1][4]

Page was the chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 (stepping down in favor of
Eric Schmidt) then from April 2011 until July 2015 when he moved to become CEO of Alphabet Inc.
(created to deliver "major advancements" as Google's parent company)[5], a post he held until
December 4, 2019. He remains an Alphabet board member, employee, and controlling shareholder.[6]

Creating Google built a large amount of wealth. Forbes placed him 10th in the list "Billionaires 2019,"[7]
and as of July 2020, Page was the 13th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $69.4 billion,
according to Forbes.[1]

Page is the co-creator and namesake of PageRank, a search ranking algorithm for Google[15] Page
received the Marconi Prize in 2004 with co-writer Brin.[16]