Larry Page is an American businessman, computer scientist & internet entrepreneur
Lawrence Edward Page is born March 26, 1973
best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin
Page was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001
when he stepped down in favor of Eric Schmidt and then again from April 2011 until July 2015
when he became CEO of its newly formed parent organisation Alphabet Inc. which was created to deliver "major advancements" as Google's parent company
a post he held until December 4, 2019 when he along with his co-founder Brin stepped down from all executive positions and day-to-day roles within the company
He remains an Alphabet board member, employee, and controlling shareholder
As of November 2023, Page has an estimated net worth of $116 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
making him the eighth-richest person in the world
He has also invested in flying car startups Kitty Hawk and Opener
Page is the co-creator and namesake of PageRank, a search ranking algorithm for Google
for which he received the Marconi Prize in 2004 along with co-writer Brin
Page was first attracted to computers when he was six years old
Page focused on the problem of finding out which web pages linked to a given page, considering the number and nature of such backlinks as valuable information for that page