Sergey Brin was taking his PhD in
Computer Science at Stanford
University when he was
paired with his fellow Larry Page for a project. The project was a success,
making them two of the wealthiest young entrepreneurs in the world. That
college project is the Google search engine.
Brin was born and raised in Moscow, Russia
but his family moved to the United
States in 1979 when Brin was just 5 years
old. At that time when computers were not common in households, Brin became
very fascinated with computers. His interest in computers led him to a
bachelor’s degree with honors in mathematics and computer science at the University of Maryland. After that, he went to Stanford University.
Brin and Page dropped from Stanford University to start Google Inc. in 1995.
Because the search engine became very popular, the
company was forced to expand their computing power and to move to larger
premises. They moved to a place now known as Googleplex in Mountain View, California.
The company grew even larger when
Google Inc.’s stocks were traded on the NASDAQ in 2004. Google shares were priced at $85 each but the value
quickly jumped up to more than $100 on the first day of trading. Google continued
to grow because they have been acquiring and creating new internet services and
products. By the end of November 2005, each Google share is valued at $420.
Brin and Page were listed by Forbes
Magazine that year as the 16th richest men in America, with
estimated value at $11 billion each.
Brin is still Google Inc.’s
President of Technology. Brin said, “Google will continue to do its mission to
organize information and make them universally accessible and useful.” “The
most effective and profitable way to accomplish that mission is to put customer
needs first. Offering high quality user experience leads to increased traffic
and word-of-mouth promotion,” Brin said.
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