Larry Page: Co-founder of Google and Alphabet
Business Owner · Internet & Consumer Tech
Larry Page co-created the PageRank algorithm and co-founded Google with Sergey Brin, later leading Alphabet as CEO until stepping back from day-to-day roles in 2019.
About Larry Page: Co-founder of Google and Alphabet
Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973, in Lansing, Michigan) is an American businessman and computer scientist who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. A centibillionaire, he is among the richest people in the world; as of 2026, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes estimated his net worth at US$334.1 billion, the second-wealthiest individual in the world. Page grew up in a household steeped in computing. His father, Carl Victor Page Sr., earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan and was a computer science professor at Michigan State University, described by BBC reporter Will Smale as a "pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence"; his mother, Gloria, taught computer programming at Lyman Briggs College. His parents divorced when he was eight, though he kept a good relationship with both. Page was CEO of Google from 1997 until August 2001, when he was succeeded by Eric Schmidt, and again from April 2011 until July 2015, when he became CEO of the newly formed parent company Alphabet Inc. He held that post until December 4, 2019, when he and Brin stepped down from all executive positions and day-to-day roles. He remains an Alphabet board member, an employee and one of two controlling shareholders. He is the co-creator and namesake of PageRank, the search ranking algorithm behind Google, for which he and Brin received the Marconi Prize in 2004. Sources: English Wikipedia (Larry Page, accessed September 2026).
Basic Information
Co-founder, Google; board member and controlling shareholder, Alphabet
Company Details
Google / Alphabet
Internet Search, Technology