Today, when people think of Google the first thing that
comes to mind is a seemingly flawless automated search engine system. The way
this innovation came to dominate the Internet and in fact everyday society is
deeply rooted from two individuals with truly amazing stories. This book,
written by the founders and now executives of Google, Large Page and Sergey Brin, takes the reader through the way they began the company and have continued to lead its team members on a path of success. Before diving in to the context of their novel, it is first important to understand the background on the two awe-inspiring pioneers of the Google project.
written by the founders and now executives of Google, Large Page and Sergey Brin, takes the reader through the way they began the company and have continued to lead its team members on a path of success. Before diving in to the context of their novel, it is first important to understand the background on the two awe-inspiring pioneers of the Google project.
Born in
Russia in the early 1970’s, Brin and his family were forced to emigrate to the
U.S. in order to escape Jewish persecution. Coming from a family with a
background in mathematics, Brin became deeply interested in computer science
and mechanization, which he continued primarily at the University of Maryland
and then at Stanford University. Brin is now 41 years of age, and is one of the
most well known billionaires around the world, estimated to be worth over $40
billion. Already, Brin has been acclaimed as a top 100 innovator of the world
and has been inducted into the National Academy of Engineering. 
In comparison, Larry Page was born
in East Lansing, Michigan in 1973 to his parents and professors of computer
science and programming at Michigan State University. Page’s childhood home was
surrounded by magazines and articles written about the potential opportunities
made possible by computers. Page went on as an honors student at the University
of Michigan, where he fulfilled his life long dream of studying sustainable
technology, and was a key member of the solar car team. Today, Page is widely
recognized as the #9 most powerful person in the world and 12th richest
in America. Logistically, Page handles
the daily operations of the company, while Brin’s role is more centered on
organizing and managing the company’s special projects. 
Larry Page and Sergey Brin first
met at Stanford in 1995 as Page was considering the University to continue his
studies. After giving him a tour, Brin immediately knew that the two highly
intelligent males had a connection, and could provide the world with something
they had never seen before. Luckily enough for them, the Internet and World
Wide Web were finally being recognized as having high value in everyday society
at the times of these individuals introduction to each other. Page expressed
his goal of devising a method to determine how many Web pages are linked to any
given page online as at this time such a way to search the Internet was not in
place. As a result, putting their talents together, Page and Brin began
collaborating to start a search engine, and first came out with BackRub in
1996. Ultimately they registered the name “Google” in 1997, and ever since then
have not turned back. In just 5 short years, Brin and Page took this company
from having just 6 employees functioning out of a garage, to over 10,000
workers and revenues well upward of $10 billion. Google continues to take on
unheard of challenges, yet maintain its credibility and trustworthiness as a
reliable search engine. Information from:
"Making the World's Information Accessible." American Academy of Achievement. N.p.,
21 Jan. 2011. Web. 19 Dec. 2014.
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