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Sergey Brin
Sergey Mikhailovich Brin is an American computer scientist and businessman who co-founded Google with Larry Page. He was the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role in 2019. He and Page remain at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, and board members. Brin is a centibillionaire and among the richest people in the world; as of August 2026…
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business · American computer scientist (born 1973) · computer scientist · inventor · business executive · technology entrepreneur · author · entrepreneur · also Sergey Brin, Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin, Sergey Mikhailovich Brin, Brin
Born 21 August 1973 · Q92764
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2026· 26 entries
Billionaires.Africa: Sergey Brin Has Spent $102M Fighting California Wealth Tax
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NBC Palm Springs: Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Spends $102 Million Opposing California Wealth Tax
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Yahoo: Google co-founder Sergey Brin spends $102M opposing California Prop. 40
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mezha.net: Sergey Brin Donates $102 Million to Oppose California Billionaire Tax
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Infobae: Por qué Google se llama así y qué significa la palabra Google para sus fundadores Larry Page y Sergey Brin
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LaRepublica.co: Este es el millonario que superó la fortuna de Zuckerberg y Sergey Brin en septiembre
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Radio Mitre: Michael Dell se convirtió en la cuarta persona más rica del mundo: supera a Mark Zuckerberg y Sergey Brin
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La FM: Quién es Michael Dell, el hombre que superó la fortuna de Zuckerberg y Sergey Brin
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Business Upturn: Who founded Google? Meet Larry Page and Sergey Brin and revisit how it all began
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StoryBoard 18: Google at 28: How Larry Page and Sergey Brin built a technology giant
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Daily Jang: Google turns 28: What are founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin working on now?
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Yahoo: Michael Dell se convierte en la cuarta persona más rica del mundo, supera a Mark Zuckerberg y Sergey Brin
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Forbes: Michael Dell Climbs To World’s Fourth-Richest, Passing Mark Zuckerberg And Sergey Brin
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Billionaires.Africa: Mark Zuckerberg passes Sergey Brin to become world's fifth richest at $256.8 billion
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The Times of India: Quote of the day by Sergey Brin: ‘I feel there's an existential angst among young people, I didn't have t
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Forbes Argentina: Mark Zuckerberg ya es la cuarta persona más rica del mundo tras superar a Michael Dell y Sergey Brin
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Forbes Argentina: Mark Zuckerberg supera a Sergey Brin y a Michael Dell y ya es el cuarto hombre más rico del mundo
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Capital Research Center: Enemies of Energy: Sergey Brin
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finance.yahoo.com: Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Peter Thiel All Fled California’s Billionaire Tax. Nvidia’s CEO Isn’t Going Anywhere. Even With an $8 Billion Bill Coming His Way
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Analytics Insight: Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Returns to AI Research Frontline Now
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Insider: Sergey Brin is cooking up Google's AI destiny
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Moneycontrol: What does it take to fuel a USD 450 million yacht? Sergey Brin’s Dragonfly shows us
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Yahoo: Bernie Sanders Calls Out Sergey Brin for Spending $100 Million to Defeat California’s Billionaire Tax as Google Co-Founder’s Fortune Soars
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PRIMETIMER: What is Sergey Brin’s net worth? Google billionaire reportedly shells out $100M in fight against California’s wealth tax
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New York Post: Sergey Brin’s secretive life with influencer after ditching California
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2023· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Mark Zuckerberg responded to a tweet from Elon Musk about cheating by posting, "Speaking of cheating, you had an affair with Sergey Brin's wife last year."” False.
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Brin came out of retirement to contribute to AI research at Alphabet
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2021· 3 entries
And Brin filed for divorce on January 4, 2022
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Awarded Asia's Most Influential Singapore (2021).
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Brin and Shanahan separated on December 15, 2021, and Brin filed for divorce on January 4, 2022.
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2018· 3 entries
Married Nicole Shanahan, a legal tech founder
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Awarded Computer Pioneer Award (2018).
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“Quartz: "Without Sergey Brin, Google has lost its healthy fear of authoritarianism" (6 August 2018)”
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2016· 2 entries
Reported net worth: $34B (as of 2016).
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Reported net worth: $34.0B (as of 2016).
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Seoul Test of Time Award (2015).
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2013· 11 entries
“Mayer, Catherine (August 5, 2013). Meet ‘Schmeat’: Say Hello to the Stem-Cell Hamburger. Time Magazine. Retrieved 2019-08-30.”
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“US-amerikanischer Informatiker, Unternehmer und Mitbegründer der Suchmaschine Google”
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“re gmail, great user experience has helped other email systems (others have increased storage etc). there are areas that have been overlooked in industry, much as search was overlooked in the 90's. thinks they have technology, distribution infrastructure to address those things.”
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“When it’s too easy to get money, then you get a lot of noise mixed in with the real innovation and entrepreneurship. Tough times bring out the best parts of Silicon Valley.”
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“Aunque apoyo su objetivo de reducir la infracción de derechos de autor (lo cual no creo que estos proyectos de ley logren), me horroriza que nuestros legisladores contemplen tales medidas que nos equipararían con los países más opresivos del mundo.”
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“We came up with the notion that not all web pages are created equal. People are – but not web pages.”
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“Technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hardware and software, you’re able to scale up almost anything. It means that in our lifetime everyone may have tools of equal power.”
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“... whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party.”
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“Having come from a totalitarian country, the Soviet Union, and having seen the hardships that my family endured–both while there and trying to leave—I certainly am particularly sensitive to the stifling of individual liberties.”
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“If what you’re doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it’s probably not transformative enough.”
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“While I support their goal of reducing copyright infringement (which I don't believe these acts would accomplish), I am shocked that our lawmakers would contemplate such measures that would put us on a par with the most oppressive nations in the world.”
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2012· 1 entry
“Hall, Kevin (November 6, 2012). "Google's Sergey Brin calls on U.S. politicians to ditch their parties". Dvice.com (Syfy). Retrieved 2012-11-12.”
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2009· 1 entry
Gave $1 million to support the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
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2008· 2 entries
Decided to make a donation to the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where his mother has received treatment
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“Guynn, Jessica (September 17, 2008). "Google's Schmidt, Page and Brin hold court at Zeitgeist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-01-07.”
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2006).
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Brin was one of the inaugural class of winners of the Great Immigrants Award named by Carnegie Corporation of New York
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“Ich mache mir Sorgen wegen Microsoft. Sie haben gesagt, sie wollten Google wirklich kaputtmachen. Und es kommt mir vor, als sei ihr Weg gepflastert mit vielen Unternehmensleichen." - magazin, Heft 5/2006, manager-magazin.de”
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (2005).
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“Guest lecture, UC Berkeley Oct. 5, 2005 – 40 min.”
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“Conversation: Sergey Brin of Google (October 7, 2005)”
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded Marconi Prize (2004).
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Received the Marconi Prize, and were elected Fellows of the Marconi Foundation
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Brin received the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award with Larry Page at a ceremony in Chicago, Illinois
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2003· 2 entries
Brin and Page were both Award Recipients and National Finalists for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award
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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
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2002· 1 entry
Brin, along with Larry Page, was named in the MIT Technology Review TR100, as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35
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2000· 1 entry
Google earned a Webby Award, a People's Voice Award for technical achievement, and in 2001, was awarded Outstanding Search Service, Best Image Search Engine, Best Design, Most Webmaster Friendly Search Engine, and Best S
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1998· 3 entries
Published “The anatomy of a large-scale hypertextual Web search engine” in Computer Networks and ISDN Systems — cited 9,055 times.
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Career landmark: board of directors member (1998).
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Published “The anatomy of a large-scale hypertextual Web search engine” in Computer Networks and ISDN Systems — cited 9,243 times.
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1995· 1 entry
Studied at Stanford University, master's degree (1993–1995).
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1993· 5 entries
Awarded Abramowitz Award (1993).
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Studied at University of Maryland, Bachelor of Science (1990–1993).
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With honors in computer science and high honors in mathematics at the age of 19
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Interned at Wolfram Research, the developers of Mathematica
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Enrolled in Stanford University to pursue a PhD in computer science
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1990· 1 entry
Studied at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (1987–1990).
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1977· 1 entry
After returning from a mathematics conference in Warsaw, Poland, Mikhail announced that, because of antisemitism in the Soviet Union, it was time for the family to emigrate
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1973· 2 entries
In Moscow, then the capital of the Soviet Union
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Born 1973-08-21.
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