Name : Larry Page
Age: 38
Title: Co-Founder and CEO.
Organization: Google
Sector: IT
Education: MS, Stanford University; BA/BS, University of Michigan
Profile: Larry is an American computer scientist and industrialist who, with Sergey Brin, is best known as the co-founder of Google. He is also the current Chief Executive Officer of Google, as announced on January 21, 2011 through a blog post. As of 2011, his personal wealth is estimated to be $19.8 billion.
Awards: In 2003, both Brin and Page received an honorary MBA from IE Business School "for embodying the entrepreneurial spirit and lending momentum to the creation of new businesses. And in 2004, they received the Marconi Foundation Prize, the "Highest Award in Engineering," and were elected Fellows of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2004. In 2005, Brin and Page were elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2002 the World Economic Forum named Page a Global Leader for Tomorrow and in 2004 the X PRIZE chose Page as a trustee for their board.
In 2004, Page and Brin were named "Persons of the Week" by ABC World News Tonight. Page received an honorary doctorate from the University of Michigan in 2009 during graduation commencement ceremonies.
In 2011, he was ranked 24th on the Forbes list of the world’s billionaires and as the 11th richest person in the United States |