The World's Billionaires
#26 Sergey Brin
03.08.07, 6:00 PM ET
 ©AP Photo/Wolfram Steinberg |
Age: 33
Fortune: self made
Source: Google
Net Worth: $16.6 bil
Country Of Citizenship: United States
Residence: Palo Alto, California , United States, North America
Industry: Technology
Marital Status: single,
Education: University of Maryland, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Stanford University, Master of Science
With partner Larry Page, cofounder of searching phenomenon Google. Met Page at Stanford while pursuing graduate degrees in computer science; dropped out, launched famed search engine in 1998. Raised $25 million from starmaker venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. Recruited longtime tech exec Eric Schmidt to run company. Took public in 2004; stock up 420% since. Sales: $10.6 billion, net margin 30%. Extended reach into satellite mapping, online payment systems, news. Founders have seen their net worth soar 130% in 2 years, outpacing early years of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison. Both have more than $2 billion outside of Google stock. Promising to "do no evil" with their riches; plan to pour $1.2 billion into Google's charitable organization.
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