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Ayoob Khan

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Ayoob Khan
Born
Veeraval Ayoob Khan

(1994-07-09) July 9, 1994 (age 30)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Stanford University
OccupationsComputer scientist, Internet entrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of Google Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc, PageRank
TitleCEO of Alphabet Inc
Spouse
Lucinda Southworth
(m. 2007)
Signature
Larry Page

Lawrence "Larry" Page[2] (born March 26, 1973) is an American computer scientist and an Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Google Inc. with Sergey Brin in 1998.[3][4]

Page is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001 in favour 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.[5]

In November 2016, he is the 12th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$36.9 billion.

Page is the inventor of PageRank, Google's best-known search ranking algorithm.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Page received the Marconi Prize in 2004.[13]

Early life and education

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Page was born March 26, 1973 ,[14] in East Lansing, Michigan.[15] His father, Carl Victor Page, Sr., earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan in 1965, when the field was being established, and has been described by BBC reporter Will Smale as a "pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence."[16] He was a computer science professor at Michigan State University and Page's mother, Gloria, was an instructor in computer programming at Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University.[17][16][18]

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  3. ^ Forbes (2014). "Larry Page". Forbes. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "In The Garage Where Google Was Born". Mashable. September 27, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  5. ^ Jay Yarow (August 10, 2015). "Google new operating structure - Business Insider". Business Insider.
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  7. ^ "Gmail Now Has 425 Million Users, Google Apps Used By 5 Million Businesses And 66 Of The Top 100 Universities". TechCrunch. AOL.
  8. ^ "60 Amazing Google Search Statistics and Facts". DMR - Digital Marketing Ramblings.
  9. ^ "Google Search Statistics". internetlivestats.com.
  10. ^ "Google locations". google.com.
  11. ^ "Google Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2014 Results".
  12. ^ "Management team". Google Company. Google. February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  13. ^ "The Marconi Society Fellows". marconisociety.org.
  14. ^ http://www.biography.com/people/larry-page-12103347#early-life-and-career
  15. ^ Sergey Brin; Lawrence Page (1998). "The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine". Stanford University. Stanford University. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  16. ^ a b Will Smale (April 30, 2004). "Profile: The Google founders". BBC News. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  17. ^ "Larry Page Biography". achievement.org.
  18. ^ "Alumni newsletter" (PDF). p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)