You might not know the name Sergey Brin. But you definitely know the name of his most famous creation: Google. The search engine is so popular that when people say they’re going to look up information online, they just say they’re going to "google it". Brin and his friend Larry Page launched Google when they were students at Stanford University. Their company went on to dominate the internet with Gmail, Google Earth, Google Images, and more. But Brin is much more than a tech guru. When he was a child, his family fled the Soviet Union for a life of freedom in the United States. As an adult, Brin has spoken out against US government efforts to cut the number of immigrants allowed into the country. He believes the United States should continue to be a place of opportunity for immigrants, as it was for him. Brin also works to fight climate change by investing in power sources that don’t produce climate-changing gases, and he works with organizations and researchers who are trying to develop better treatments for Parkinson’s disease, which runs in his own family. In 2019 Brin announced that he was stepping down from his job as head of Google. But he won’t slow down in his work to use cutting-edge technology to make the world a better place.

As USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, noted, "Google has infiltrated the daily lives of millions of people." But this giant company had very humble beginnings. In 1996 Sergey Brin and Larry Page were graduate students at Stanford University in California when they decided to invent a new way to search the information on the World Wide Web. Their technology project soon became a search engine and a company, Google, that changed the way information on the Internet is retrieved and controlled, making it easier, faster, and more relevant. Under Brin and Page, Google has become an international powerhouse, with an ever-widening scope of services—from Gmail to Google Earth to smart phones. It is also known for its fantasyland office complex, complete with gourmet chef and scooters. Sergey Brin and Larry Page continue to dream up exciting ventures for the future, and the world is waiting to see what's next.

The company that is now Google began as a partnership of ideas between two Stanford University graduate students, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, with a shared vision. They both had the confidence and nerve to set out on their own to start up a technology company together. Eric Schmidt was recruited as CEO in 2001 to help guide the company with his management expertise, without changing its exuberant corporate culture. Google has grown from an ambitious little start-up with the dream of changing the world into a global giant that really could, and has, changed the world. In this compelling text, readers learn about Google’s business model, the range of products and services––most of which the company gives away for free––and its mission: “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” This perceptive book includes sidebars on the company’s innovations, a biographical fact sheet on Brin, Page, and Schmidt, as well as a fact sheet that profiles the company’s key accomplishments. A timeline offers readers a concise overview of significant events in the history of Google.

The intriguing story of how entrepreneurs Brin and Page created Google and made it a company with a place in the public consciousness and an access to information that transformed the way we live.

This dual biography details the life and careers of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, founders of Google. Readers will learn about the power of creativity, friendship, and hard work that they achieved to enable people to have easy access to all information on the Web.

Highlights the life and accomplishments of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two founders of the web search engine "Google" and describes the company's success.

Google is arguably the most influential company in the world today. Just fifteen years old, it touches the lives of millions globally through the 13 billion searches on its site every month. With its finger on the pulse of the Internet, it understands its consumers more intimately than any company could hope for. The brainchild of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google is now engaged in frontline research to push the limits of how we live -- whether it is the Google Glass, driverless cars or extending human life. There could be no greater lesson in building up from scratch a model company that people aspire to work for, a giant with the third-highest market value: $382 billion as of May 2014. How does a company get to be the world's go-to people? Who better to speak of it than Brin and Page? Businesspeople at all levels will find their visionary thoughts on work principles, company culture, leadership and life lessons useful. Their ideas will open up unexplored avenues for further innovation. And as the introduction says, if you want more information, you can always Google it!

Sergey Brin made surfing the Web much more convenient when he cofounded Google with Larry Page in 1998. The pair first ran Google out of a rented garage! Discover how this Russian immigrant worked his way to the top in this informative read for young students.

It is undeniable the influence Google has had. The company filters into every aspect of our livesÑwhether we are searching for information, using a map to navigate to a destination, or shopping online. ÒSergey Brin and Larry Page: The Creators of GoogleÓ introduces readers to the two men that have put the world at our fingertips.

How much do you really know about Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin? The Google Guys skips past the general Google story and focuses on what really drives the company's founders. Richard L. Brandt shows the company as the brainchild of two brilliant individuals and looks at Google's business decisions in light of its founders' ambition and beliefs. Larry is the main strategist, with business acumen and practical drive, while Sergey is the primary technologist and idealist, with brilliant ideas and strong moral positions. But they work closely together, almost like complementary halves of a single brain. Through interviews with current and former employees, competitors, partners, and senior Google management, plus conversations with the founders themselves, Brandt demystifies the company while clarifying a number of misconceptions.