Larry Page

By Rachel Watkins

  • Birth

    Birth
    Larry Page was born on March 26, 1973 in East Lansing, Michigan.

  • Early Influences

    Early Influences
    Page grew up in a creative house with computers, tech magazines and gadgets everywhere. Both of his parents were computer science professors, so since childhood Page has been obsessed with computers.

  • Early Life

    Early Life
    Page graduated from East Lansing High School in 1991.

  • Education

    Education
    Page recived a computer engineering degree from the University of Mighigan in 1995. Later he entered into the doctorate program at Stanford University.

  • Meeting Sergey Brin

    Meeting Sergey Brin
    Page met Brin in 1996 at Stanford University where they were both doctoral students in the computer science program.

  • Founding of Google

    Founding of Google
    Google was founded ion September 4, 1998 in Menlo Park California.

  • Buying of Youtube

    Buying of Youtube
    Google bought Youtube in 2006 for $1.65 billion in a stock for stock transaction.
  • Period: to

    Failed Google Products

    A failed Google product is Google Health. Google Health was intended to help keep your healthcare records. It was shut down because of privacy concerns related to thr HIPAA and lack of users.

  • Google Chrome

    Google Chrome
    Google released Google Chrome the word browser in September of 2008. Google Chrome was build for Microsoft Windows and had a free built in software components for Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox.

  • Android OS

    Android OS
    Android operating system was created for use on mobile devices.

  • CEO of Google

    CEO of Google
    Larry Page became CEO of Google on April 4, 2011. At this time Google had over $180 billion market capitalization and more than 24,000 employees.

  • Google Drive

    Google Drive
    Google Dive was introduced April 24, 2012 with available for Windows, MacOS, and Android, as well as a website interface.

  • New Google Logo

    New Google Logo
    Google improved its logo in 2015 with a change in its typeface.

  • Google Pixel Phone

    Google Pixel Phone
    The Google Pixel phone was launched on October 4, 2016.

  • Legacy

    Legacy
    Larry Page today is on the Alphabet board and is a controlling shareholder.

  • Google Awards

    Google Awards
    Google won 3 awards in 2024. The awards were Best Company Compensation, Best Company Perks Benefits and Best Global Culture 2024.