Larry Page - Change the world and tell everyone about it
He claims that at the age of twelve he knew that he would create his own company, a decision he made after reading the biography of Nikola Tesla, a brilliant inventor who died in poverty and oblivion. Larry cried after reading and decided that this was enough not only to create technologies that change the world, but also to popularize them in the world.
SUMMARY: Larry Page
Date of Birth: 26 March 1973 city
Address: Palo Alto, California, USA
Citizenship: American
Family status: married, two children
Luck: $36,7 billion (as of June 2016)
Education: Michigan State University, Stanford University
An experience: founder and president of Google (1998-2001 and 2011-2015), head of Alphabet holding (from 2015 to present)
Interests: plays the saxophone, space exploration, innovations in transport
Larry Page was born March 26, 1973 in East Lansing, Michigan. His father Karl and mother Gloria were professors at the State University, where they taught computer science. Carl was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence.
Larry got his first computer at the age of six. His parents sent him to a school that taught the Montessori method (Okemos Montessori School), which he later recalled as very valuable, stimulating creativity and his own research. The further path leads to the University of Michigan, and then to the prestigious Stanford University. After graduation, Page decides to pursue a career in science. Receives an invitation to the PhD program in computer science at Stanford University. He recognizes Sergey Brin. Initially, there is no agreement between them, but gradually they are united by a common research project and goal. In 1996, they co-authored the research paper Anatomy of the Internet's Hypertext Search Engine. They included the theoretical foundations of the later Google search engine.
Birth of power
Brin and Page managed to solve this problem. algorithmwhat made it possible search all documents on the webbased on hypertext tags. However, their design differed significantly from other search engines known in the second half of the 90s. For example, after entering the phrase "Stanford University", a traditional search engine presented the user with all the pages on which the entered phrase appeared, i.e., largely random results. Instead of the university's official website, for example, we could first find the website of Stanford alumni from Canada.
The search engine created by Brin and Page was originally named so that the right, most important pages would appear at the top of the search results. This became possible thanks to the analysis of all links leading to the desired page on other sites. The more links linking to a given page, the higher its position in the search results.
Page and Brin decided to test their algorithm "on a living organism" - students at Stanford University. The project immediately won among them huge popularity, week after week, they became more and more willing to use this tool.
At the time, Page's room was used as a server room, while Brin had an "office" where business matters were discussed. Initially, both of them did not think about the Internet business, but about a research career and doctoral studies at the university. However, the rapid increase in searches caused them to change their minds. We invested $15 to buy disks with a total capacity of one terabyte (the capacity of a standard disk in a personal computer was then about 2-4 GB). September 1998 in California founded Google, and in December of the same year, the industry magazine PC Magazine wrote about the benefits of the Google search engine. The magazine listed the Brin and Page project as one of the hundred most important pages of the year. Starting with the rapid growth in the popularity of the tool - and the value of the company. Until 2001, Page was the sole head of the growing concern. Constantly acquiring new users, Google grew and changed headquarters frequently. In 1999, the company finally settled into the Googleplex, a giant building complex in Mountain View, California.
Technology companies by one percent
In 2002, the Google search engine became available in 72 languages. Take place next projects – Google News, AdWords, Froogle, Blogger, Google Book Search, etc. Their implementation is also possible thanks to cooperation with an experienced manager, Eric Schmidt, who joined the company in 2001. It was for him that Larry Page stepped down as CEO of Google for the position of president of products. Ten years later, in early 2011, Page was renamed president of Google. Schmidt himself suggested that Larry's return to the position was planned a decade earlier, when the then 27-year-old founders of the company entrusted him with the presidency. Google, which had existed at that time for only three years, did not yet have its own business model, did not earn money, and costs grew (mainly for personnel, due to the rapid increase in employment). Ultimately, however, the founders, including Page, "grew up" and were able to run the company.
Larry Page with Sergey Brin
Larry's friends describe him as a visionary who is less fond of typical managerial duties and more appreciative of the time spent working on ambitious new projects. Soon after his return to the position of chief, a social network appeared Google+, Google's first laptop, augmented reality glasses, high-speed internet services, and more from the search mogul. Earlier, during Schmidt's presidency, Page had "arranged" a deal for the company. Acquiring Android.
Larry is also known for his somewhat blunt statements. In an interview, he criticized, for example, Facebook, saying that he "does a good job with products." As he added in the same interview, technology companies are doing very little to solve all the problems they could solve to make life better for everyone. “I feel there are more opportunities in the world to use technology to improve people's lives. At Google, we attack about 0,1% of this space. All tech companies combined make up about one percent. This makes the remaining 99% virgin territory,” Page said.
Special page at the end of the world
Page is not one of those tech billionaires who "calmed down" after acquiring a fortune and handed over control to others. He is engaged in the most prestigious projects, incl. alphabets, which he announced last year: “We are creating a new company called Alphabet. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to build it and become CEO with the help of my capable partner Sergei as President.” Thus, he once again formally ceased to be the head of Google, taking over the management of something new, of which Google is eventually a part.
According to Page's official statement, Alphabet will become a holding company that combines several smaller parts. One of them has to be… Google itself. Of course, as a main component, but behind the Alphabet brand there will also be entities that are not directly related to the IT industry. Speech on. about Calico (California Life Company), an initiative of scientists, mainly geneticists, molecular biologists and pharmacists, who research, among other things, questions of life extension. Page argues that a corporation like Alphabet will allow for more efficient and transparent management and operation of all constituent companies, including Google.
According to rumors, Page supports various innovative projects. Bloomberg news agency, citing anonymous sources, reports that it is funding two California startups - Kitty Hawk and Zee.Aero, which are focused on creating flying car. Page supports the two companies, believing they can join forces and develop a better flying car project faster. Some recall that his interest in innovative means of transportation dates back to his college years in Michigan when he was on a construction team. solar carand also created the concept of the university campus autonomous transport system – based on wagons very similar to the systems currently implemented in various places around the world (for example, at Heathrow Airport in London or Singapore).
Page is one of the richest people in the world today. According to Forbes, his fortune in July 2014 was estimated at $31,9 billion, which gave him 13th place in the list of the richest people in the world (in June of this year, this amount was estimated at $36,7 billion)
However, his life is connected not only with Google. In 2007, he married Lucinda Southworth, sister of model Carrie Southworth. He supports alternative energy sources and spares no funds for research in the field of their development. In 2004 he was awarded the famous Marconi Prize. He is also a member of the National Advisory Committee for the Michigan Technical Division and a board curator for the X PRIZE Foundation.
However, he always does the most interesting things for Google. Just like the special site of the famous end of the world a few years ago, which he spoke about in 2012 at a press conference: “People are crazy about the end of the world, and I understand this very well. At Google, we view this apocalypse as a unique opportunity. As a concern, we have always strived to provide access to all the information in the world, and we see the coming days as our opportunity to do so.”
Journalists pointed out to Page that on December 21, 2012, Google could also cease to exist. “If this means that Apple and Microsoft also disappear from the face of the earth, I will not have a problem with this,” he replied.
