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My Take
Larry Page changed my daily life more than almost any entertainer in this database, which is exactly why I find his invisibility so interesting. The core insight behind Google, treating links as votes of trust borrowed from academic citation, was elegant enough to reorganize human knowledge, yet Page retreated from public view as the company grew, letting the product speak. I admire that restraint; the second-wealthiest person alive owes us no charisma. His Michigan engineering upbringing shows in everything from flying-car investments to moonshot factories, an instinct that big problems deserve big bets. History will argue about Google's power, but the original idea remains one of computing's cleanest.
Overview
Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessman and computer scientist who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. Page is a centibillionaire and among the richest people in the world. As of 2026 , Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes estimated his net worth at US$334.1 billion, positioning him as the second-wealthiest individual in the world.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Larry Page
- Name (Japanese)
- ラリー・ペイジ
- Reading
- らりー・ぺいじ
- Born
- March 26, 1973 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Ox
- Origin
- East Lansing, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / computer scientist / engineer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- East Lansing High School
- University
- University of Michigan
Awards & achievements
- 2004 Marconi Prize
- 2015 Seoul Test of Time Award
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2005 Financial Times Person of the Year
- 2018 Computer Pioneer Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.