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Larry Page

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Larry Page, born in 1973, founded the search engine Google with Sergey Brin in 1998: one of the most consequential company foundings in history. The two had met at Stanford University; Page’s idea of ranking web pages by how they are linked („PageRank“) made Google by far the most-used search engine in the world. Today the co-founder of the parent company Alphabet lives very privately and invests, among other things, in flying cars. Good to know: He founded it in 1998 with Sergey Brin. Google became the gateway to the entire internet. Google grew out of a research project by the two. The university project became a global company. It rates pages by how often they are linked. This idea made Google better than all its rivals. Under Alphabet’s roof sit many subsidiaries. Page was for a time CEO of Alphabet. „to google“ became a verb for searching online. Google dominates the search market with well over 80 percent. He funded several start-ups for small electric aircraft. Thus the tech billionaire pursues his childhood dreams.

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Which search engine did Larry Page co-found?

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Google

He founded it in 1998 with Sergey Brin.

💡 Did you know? Google became the gateway to the entire internet.

At which university did Page and Brin meet?

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Stanford

Google grew out of a research project by the two.

💡 Did you know? The university project became a global company.

Which algorithm ranked Google's search results from 1998?

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PageRank

It rates pages by how often they are linked.

💡 Did you know? This idea made Google better than all its rivals.

What is the name of Google’s parent company?

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Alphabet

Under Alphabet’s roof sit many subsidiaries.

💡 Did you know? Page was for a time CEO of Alphabet.

What rank does Google hold among search engines worldwide?

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the most-used

„to google“ became a verb for searching online.

💡 Did you know? Google dominates the search market with well over 80 percent.

In which futuristic technology is Page known to invest?

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flying taxis / flying cars

He funded several start-ups for small electric aircraft.

💡 Did you know? Thus the tech billionaire pursues his childhood dreams.

How does Larry Page live in public today?

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very privately

He hardly gives interviews any more.

💡 Did you know? Even so he is among the richest people in the world.

With which partner did Page found Google?

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Sergey Brin

The two are seen as a perfect founding duo.

💡 Did you know? Both became multi-billionaires through Google.

Larry Page

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Larry Page

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