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Larry Page
Google / Alphabet · East Lansing, USA
Two Stanford PhD students who built a better search algorithm — and accidentally built the world's most-used product.
Moonshot thinking10x betsQuiet
Company
Google / Alphabet
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 1998Co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in a garage.
- 2004Google IPO.
- 2015Created Alphabet — bets on moonshots.
- 2019Stepped back. Quietly funding flying cars.
Struggles
Lost his voice (vocal cord paralysis). Antitrust pressure. Notoriously avoids press.
Family
Married to Lucinda Southworth. Two children.
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Around the web
External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgLarry Page on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comGoogle / Alphabet — official site
- ↗news.google.comLarry Page in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comGoogle / Alphabet on Crunchbase
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Larry Page, in 1 chapters.
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The story
Two Stanford PhD students who built a better search algorithm — and accidentally built the world's most-used product.
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