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Here's a look at the life of Larry Page, co-founder of Google.
Birthdate: March 26, 1973
Place of birth: Lansing, Michigan
Birth name: Lawrence Edward Page
Father: Carl Page, computer science professor
Mother: Gloria Page
Marriage: Lucinda “Lucy” Southworth (December 2007-present)
Children: A son born in 2009 and another child born in 2011
Education: University of Michigan, BSE, 1995; Stanford University, master's degree, 1998
Google is a play on the word googol, the term for the number one followed by 100 zeros.
Page has a vocal cord condition that he believes is responsible for his huskier, softer speaking voice. He also suffers from Hashimoto's thyroiditis, a disorder that causes inflammation of the thyroid gland.
nineteen ninety five – Meet Sergey Brin at Stanford University.
1998 – Co-founded Google with Brin.
September 7, 1998 – Google is launched.
1998-2001 – CEO of Google.
2001-2011 – President of Google Products.
2010 – Sebastian Thrun founds Kittyhawk, a flying car company, with Page's backing. On September 21, 2022, Kittyhawk announces that it plans to “shut down” its operations.
April 4, 2011-October 2, 2015 – CEO of Google.
August 10, 2015 – Google announces a corporate restructuring, forming an umbrella company called Alphabet and naming Sundar Pichai as the new CEO of Google's core business. Page will be CEO of Alphabet and Brin will be president.
October 2, 2015 – He becomes CEO of Alphabet.
December 3, 2019 – Alphabet announces that Page and Brin will step down as CEO and President, respectively. The co-founders will remain on Alphabet's board of directors.
August 2021 – New Zealand government officials confirm Page is a New Zealand resident following news that Page entered the country during border restrictions due to Covid-19. According to immigration officials, Page applied for residency in November 2020.
