Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a Russian American computer scientist and industrialist who, along with Larry Page, is best known as the co-founder of Google, Inc., the world’s major Internet company, based on its search engine and online advertising technology. Brin immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union on the age of six. Earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland, he track in his father's and grandfather's footsteps by studying mathematics, double majoring in computer science. After graduation, he moved to Stanford to obtain a Ph.D in computer science.
He met Larry Page, whom he speedily befriended. They crammed their dormitory room with cheap computers and applied Brin’s data mining system to build a superior search engine. The program became famous at Stanford and they suspended their Ph.D studies to start up Google in a rented garage. The Economist magazine referred to Brin as an "Enlightenment Man", and somebody who believes that "knowledge is always good, and surely always better than ignorance", a philosophy that is summed up by Google’s motto of creation all the world’s information "universally accessible and useful" and "Don't be evil".
He met Larry Page, whom he speedily befriended. They crammed their dormitory room with cheap computers and applied Brin’s data mining system to build a superior search engine. The program became famous at Stanford and they suspended their Ph.D studies to start up Google in a rented garage. The Economist magazine referred to Brin as an "Enlightenment Man", and somebody who believes that "knowledge is always good, and surely always better than ignorance", a philosophy that is summed up by Google’s motto of creation all the world’s information "universally accessible and useful" and "Don't be evil".
| Date of Birth | August 21, 1973 |
| Birth Place | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Birth Name | Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin |
| Occupation | Computer scientist, technology innovator, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Google, Inc. |
| Salary | USD free of wage |
| Net worth | US$17.5 billion |
| Spouse | Anne Wojcick |
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