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G o o g l e Speaks. Secrets of the World’s Greatest Billionaire Entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page By Janet Lowe. Sergey Maikhailovich Brin. Born in Moscow, Russia, on August 21, 1973. Age 15, studying math at the college level. Pursued Ph.D. at Stanford.
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GoogleSpeaks Secrets of the World’s Greatest Billionaire Entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page By Janet Lowe
Sergey Maikhailovich Brin • Born in Moscow, Russia, on August 21, 1973. • Age 15, studying math at the college level. • Pursued Ph.D. at Stanford. • Paid 5 million to travel into actual space. Expected to launch in 2011.
Lawrence Edward Page • Lansing, Michigan. • Father, computer science professor at Michigan State. • Mother, computer programming professor. • Graduated from University of Michigan with a degree in computer engineering. • Like Sergey, Ph.D. at Stanford.
The Beginning of Google • 1996, Page and Brin collaborate on “Backrub” search engine. • The name was later changed to “PageRank” • The first version of Google was released in August 1996 • In 1997, Google.com was registered as a domain name • Mid 1998, Google was searching for potential partners
1999 – 2001 • Google opened it’s first office. • Google launched AdWords and was declared largest search engine in the world. • Google introduce first chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt. • 2002 – 2004 • AdSense went into service for advertisers. • Google moved into Googleplex. • Google went public.
2005 – Now • Google Maps, and Google Earth were released. • Google purchased YouTube. • Google launched Chrome, its first Web browser. • The Future • The Google phone • Web 3.0 • Cloud Computing
Why Google is the best place to work • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6h-gm01Fb0