- Larry Page is an American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur
- He is best known as one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin
- Find more facts about Larry below
| Real name: | Lawrence Edward Page |
Larry Page Height
| | How tall is Larry Page? | 181 cm / 6 ft 0 in | | Born: | 26 March 1973 Comment | | How old is Larry Page in 2024? / Age: | 51 years
| | Where was Larry Page born? | Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A. | | Residence: | Palo Alto, California, U.S.A. | | Zodiac sign: | Aries |
Larry Page Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Larry Page worth? | $63,200,000,000
| | Nationality: | American | | Hair color: | Gray | | Eyes color: | Brown |
Who is Larry Page? / Facts
- Early life - Page was born in Lansing, Michigan.
His mother is Jewish, however, he does not declare to follow any formal religion.
His father, Carl Victor Page Sr., earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan, when the field was being established, and was a pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence.
He was a computer science professor at Michigan State University and Page's mother, Gloria, was an instructor in computer programming at Lyman Briggs College of Michigan State University.
Page was first attracted to computers when he was 6 years old, as he was able to "play with the stuff lying around"—first-generation personal computers—that had been left by his parents.
Their house was usually full with computers, science and technology magazines all over the place.
- Education - Page attended the Okemos Montessori School (now called Montessori Radmoor) in Okemos, Michigan, from 1975 to 1979, and graduated from East Lansing High School in 1991.
He attended Interlochen Center for the Arts as a saxophonist for two summers while in high school.
Page holds a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering from the University of Michigan, with honors and a Master of Science in computer science from Stanford University.
- Career - Page was the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. (Google's parent company) until stepping down on December 3, 2019.
After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001 in favor of Eric Schmidt, he re-assumed the role in April 2011.
He announced his intention to step aside a second time in July 2015 to become CEO of Alphabet, under which Google's assets would be reorganized.
Under him, Alphabet sought to deliver major advancements in a variety of industries.
On December 4, 2019, Page stepped down from his CEO position from Alphabet.
Both Larry Page and Sergey Brin remain at Alphabet as co-founders, board members, employees, and controlling shareholders.
- Accolades - Forbes placed him 10th in the list "Billionaires 2019".
As of March 2020, Page is the 13th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $62.6 billion, according to Forbes.
His net worth is estimated to be 63.2 billion as of June 2020.
- Legacy - Page is the co-inventor and namesake of PageRank, a search ranking algorithm for Google, which he wrote with Brin.
- Honors - Page received the Marconi Prize in 2004 with Brin.
In August 2017, Page was awarded honorary citizenship of Agrigento, Italy.
- Other interests - Page is an investor in Tesla Motors.
Page also helped to set up Singularity University, a transhumanist think-tank.
Google is one of the institution's corporate founders and still funds scholarships at Singularity University.
- Personal life - In 2007, Page married Lucinda Southworth on Necker Island, the Caribbean island owned by Richard Branson.
She's is a research scientist and the sister of actress and model Carrie Southworth.
Page and Southworth have two children, born in 2009 and 2011.
- Trivia - On February 18, 2005, Page bought a 9,000 square feet (840 m2) Spanish Colonial Revival architecture house in Palo Alto, California designed by American artistic polymath Pedro Joseph de Lemos, with an asking price of US$7.95 million.
In 2011, Page bought the $45-million 193-foot (59m) superyacht 'Senses', which has extensive ocean exploration capabilities.
The superyacht, built by Fr. Schweers Shipyard in (Germany) at their Berne shipyard, was created to explore the world's oceans in comfort and it carries a comprehensive inventory of equipment for that purpose.
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Education
- Montessori Radmoor
- East Lansing High School
- Interlochen Center for the Arts
- University of Michigan
- Stanford University
Quotes
If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.
If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
You never lose a dream. It just incubates as a hobby.
Don't delegate: Do everything you can yourself to make things go faster.
Don't get in the way if you're not adding value. Let the people actually doing the work talk to each other while you go do something else.
Don't be a bureaucrat.
Ideas are more important than age. Just because someone is junior doesn't mean they don't deserve respect and cooperation.
The worst thing you can do is stop someone from doing something by saying, "No. Period." If you say no, you have to help them find a better way to get it done.
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Last update: 16 June 2020
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Net worth: $63,200,000,000
