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Lawrence Edward Page  is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for being one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin.

Page was the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc (Google’s parent company) until stepping down on December 3, 2019. After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001, in favor of Eric Schmidt, he re-assumed the role in April 2011. He announced his intention to step aside a second time in July 2015, to become CEO of Alphabet, under which Google’s assets would be reorganized. Under Page, Alphabet is seeking to deliver major advancements in a variety of industries. On December 4, 2019 Page stepped down from his CEO position from Alphabet. Both Page and Sergey Brin will remain controlling shareholders of Alphabet.

As of October 2019, Page is the 9th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $55.8 billion. Forbes placed him 10th in the list “Billionaires 2019”.

Page is the co-inventor of PageRank, a well-known search ranking algorithm for Google, which he wrote with Brin. Page received the Marconi Prize in 2004 with Brin.

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  • Known for:

    Google

  • Born:

    Mar 26th, 1973

  • Nationality:

    American

  • Education:

    University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science in computer engineering
    Stanford University, Master of Science in computer science

  • World wealth rank:

    8

  • Net worth:

    $122.7 B

  • Other Projects:

    Google - Co-Founder
    Alphabet Inc. - CEO

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