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Larry Page, American computer scientist and entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, created the online search engine Google, one of the most popular sites on ... LarryPage Sections&Media Article Introduction&QuickFacts FastFacts Facts&RelatedContent Media Images AdditionalInfo MoreArticlesOnThisTopic Contributors ArticleHistory Home Politics,Law&Government Businesspeople&Entrepreneurs LarryPage Americancomputerscientistandentrepreneur Alternatetitles:LawrenceEdwardPage Print Cite verifiedCite Whileeveryefforthasbeenmadetofollowcitationstylerules,theremaybesomediscrepancies. Pleaserefertotheappropriatestylemanualorothersourcesifyouhaveanyquestions. SelectCitationStyle MLA APA ChicagoManualofStyle CopyCitation Share Share Sharetosocialmedia Facebook Twitter URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-Page More GiveFeedback ExternalWebsites Feedback Corrections?Updates?Omissions?Letusknowifyouhavesuggestionstoimprovethisarticle(requireslogin). FeedbackType Selectatype(Required) FactualCorrection Spelling/GrammarCorrection LinkCorrection AdditionalInformation Other YourFeedback SubmitFeedback Thankyouforyourfeedback Oureditorswillreviewwhatyou’vesubmittedanddeterminewhethertorevisethearticle. JoinBritannica'sPublishingPartnerProgramandourcommunityofexpertstogainaglobalaudienceforyourwork! ExternalWebsites AcademyofAchievement-BiographyofLarryPage Lemelson-MITProgram-LarryPage BritannicaWebsites ArticlesfromBritannicaEncyclopediasforelementaryandhighschoolstudents. LarryPage-StudentEncyclopedia(Ages11andup) By TheEditorsofEncyclopaediaBritannica | ViewEditHistory LarryPageandSergeyBrin Seeallmedia Born: March26,1973(age48) EastLansing Michigan ...(Showmore) Founder: Google ...(Showmore) Seeallrelatedcontent→ LarryPage,bynameofLawrenceEdwardPage,(bornMarch26,1973,EastLansing,Michigan,U.S.),Americancomputerscientistandentrepreneurwho,withSergeyBrin,createdtheonlinesearchengineGoogle,oneofthemostpopularsitesontheInternet.Page,whosefatherwasaprofessorofcomputerscienceatMichiganStateUniversity,receivedacomputerengineeringdegreefromtheUniversityofMichigan(1995)andenteredintothedoctorateprogramatStanford,wherehemetBrin.ThetwowerebothintriguedwiththeideaofenhancingtheabilitytoextractmeaningfromthemassofdataaccumulatedontheInternet.WorkingfromPage’sdormitoryroom,theydevisedanewtypeofsearchenginetechnologythatleveragedWebusers’ownrankingabilitiesbytrackingeachsite’s“backinglinks”—thatis,thenumberofotherpageslinkedtothem. BritannicaQuiz ComputersandTechnologyQuiz ComputershostwebsitescomposedofHTMLandsendtextmessagesassimpleas...LOL.Hackintothisquizandletsometechnologytallyyourscoreandrevealthecontentstoyou. Inordertofurthertheirsearchengine,PageandBrinraisedabout$1millioninoutsidefinancingfrominvestors,family,andfriends.TheycalledtheirexpandedsearchengineGoogle—anamederivedfromamisspellingofthewordgoogol(amathematicaltermforthenumber1followedby100zeros).BySeptember1998thetwohadfoundedGoogleInc.,withPageaschiefexecutiveofficer(CEO).ThenextyearGooglereceived$25millionofventurecapitalfundingandwasprocessing500,000queriesperday.PagesteppeddownasCEOin2001tobecomepresidentofproducts.HewasreplacedasCEObytechnologyexecutiveEricSchmidt.However,bothheandBrinremainedintimatelyinvolvedinrunningGoogle.By2004thesearchenginewasbeingutilized200milliontimesaday.OnAugust19,2004,GoogleInc.issueditsinitialpublicoffering(IPO),whichnettedPagemorethan$3.8billion.Inanacquisitionreflectingthecompany’seffortstoexpanditsservicesbeyondInternetsearches,Googlepurchasedin2006themostpopularWebsiteforuser-submittedstreamingvideos,YouTube,for$1.65billioninstock.In2011PageresumedhisdutiesasGoogle’sCEO,Schmidthavingmovedtothepositionofexecutivechairman.GooglewasrestructuredinAugust2015asasubsidiaryofthenewlycreatedholdingcompanyAlphabetInc.,andPagebecameCEOofAlphabet.PageleftthatpostinDecember2019butcontinuedtoserveonAlphabet’sboardofdirectors. GetaBritannicaPremiumsubscriptionandgainaccesstoexclusivecontent. SubscribeNow TheEditorsofEncyclopaediaBritannica ThisarticlewasmostrecentlyrevisedandupdatedbyAmyTikkanen. LearnMoreintheserelatedBritannicaarticles: Google bySergeyBrinandLarryPage,thatisasubsidiaryoftheholdingcompanyAlphabetInc.Morethan70percentofworldwideonlinesearchrequestsarehandledbyGoogle,placingitattheheartofmostInternetusers’experience.ItsheadquartersareinMountainView,California.… SergeyBrin …entrepreneurwhocreated,alongwithLarryPage,theonlinesearchengineGoogle,oneofthemostsuccessfulsitesontheInternet.… Internet Internet,asystemarchitecturethathasrevolutionizedcommunicationsandmethodsofcommercebyallowingvariouscomputernetworksaroundtheworldtointerconnect.Sometimesreferredtoasa“networkofnetworks,”theInternetemergedintheUnitedStatesinthe1970sbutdidnotbecomevisibletothegeneralpublicuntil…