Page Larry (Larry Page)

Page Larry (Larry Page)

Larry Page - since March 2011 - chief executive of Google.

Biography

Born March 26, 1973.

1998-2011

Larry fell in love with computers from the age of six, which is not surprising, because his father, Dr. Karl Victor Page, was a professor of computer science at Michigan State University. Following in his father's footsteps, he became an honorary graduate of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) with a bachelor's degree in computing. During postgraduate studies in doctoral studies at Stanford University, Larry met Sergey Brin. Together, they created and ran Google beginning in 1998. Larry left Stanford on academic leave after completing his master's degree.

Until April 2001 - Chief Executive Officer of Google.

In 2002, Larry received the title of Global Leader for Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is a member of the National Advisory Committee (NAC) of the Engineering Department of the University of Michigan, and, together with Sergey Brin, was awarded the Marconi Prize in 2004. Larry is the manager of the X PRIZE Foundation and was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering Sciences in 2004. Page is one of the richest people on the planet with a fortune of $15.8 billion, ranking 14th in the Forbes 400 ranking as of September 17, 2008.

Until March 2011 - President of Google Products.

Since March 2011 - Chief Executive Officer of Google.

Larry Page, who gave up his salary back in 2005 after selling part of his shares, earned only $1 in 2017.

2015: Net worth $33.4 billion

On August 5, 2015, the authoritative magazine Forbes published a rating of the most affluent industry figures. information technology Larry Page's fortune was estimated at $33.4 billion. More. here

2016: Net worth $39 billion

In August 2016, Forbes magazine presented a rating of the richest businessmen in the field of information technology (IT). Larry Page's fortune was estimated at $39 billion. Read more here.

2019

Allegations of harassment and sex without obligation

At the end of August 2019, the post of a former Google employee, published in Medium, again raised the topic of harassment in the workplace and sex without obligations, which Google bosses allowed themselves. Read more here.

Leaving the post of CEO Alphabet

On December 3, 2019, Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced their resignation from the positions of CEO and President of Alphabet, respectively. At the same time, the founders of Google will remain on the board of directors and shareholders of the holding, which they previously headed. Read more here.

2021: Obtaining a residence permit in New Zealand

In early August 2021, information appeared that Larry Page received a residence permit in New Zealand in the category for wealthy investors. Applicants are required to invest at least $7 million in New Zealand over three years.

Larry Page entered New Zealand in January 2021, when the country's borders were still closed due to the pandemic, but the government said he was allowed to enter due to a medical emergency statement involving his son.

Larry Page, 48, applied for a residence permit in New Zealand in November 2020. However, the application was not considered, as he was abroad at the time.

But in January 2021, the American technological billionaire was allowed to enter New Zealand so that his son could be evacuated from Fiji due to a medical emergency, this information was also confirmed by the country's government. His application was approved in February 2021.

Larry Page gets residency in New Zealand

In Parliament this week, Health Minister Andrew Little defended the decision to enter him.

His entry met all the standard conditions of a medical emergency requiring medical evacuation from the islands and all the requirements and regulations that existed... were complied with, "Mr Little said, according to a transcript on parliament's website.

Some critics of the decision highlighted its apparent injustice.

We have GPs or nurses who are stuck in an endless waiting room to get residency, while Larry Page comes and boom, can become a resident right away, "immigration adviser Katie Armstrong said in a radio interview.

Larry Page is on the list of the richest people in the world with a fortune of more than $116 billion. He is previously CEO of Google's parent company, Alphabet, but remains a board member and controlling shareholder.

He is not the first Silicon Valley tech billionaire to take a special interest in New Zealand. Paypal co-founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel, once named the South Pacific island nation a wonderful future and became its citizen in 2011 and has invested heavily there since.

New Zealand, located more than 10 thousand km from the US mainland, has recently been named a country more resistant to the threat of climate change than most other countries in the world.^[1]

2022: Kitty Hawk electric jet developer Larry Page crashes and closes

On September 22, 2022, it was reported that Kitty Hawk, an electric aviation start-up founded by Sebastian Troon and backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, was shutting down. Read more here.

2024: $32 million island purchase

In early February 2024, it became known that Google co-founder Larry Page acquired Cayo Norte Island in the Caribbean, which is located about 40 km east of Puerto Rico. The cost of this land area amounted to $32 million.

The deal, according to Business Insider, was secretly carried out in 2018. It is carried through limited liability company US Virgin Island Properties, which is allegedly owned by Page and his wife Lucinda Southworth. It is known that since 2006, the island was owned by developer Dan Shelley, who acquired it through the firm SVI Investments.

NY Post

The area of ​ ​ Cayo Norte is approximately 1.2 square meters. kilometers. This picturesque stretch of land is surrounded by reefs. It talks about a shelter for sea turtles and a large beach with clean white sand. Moreover, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has identified the beach on the south coast of Cayo Norte as a critical habitat for two species of endangered sea turtles. It is the largest private island in Puerto Rico.

NY Post

According to Business Insider, Page owns at least five islands in various regions of the globe as of early 2024 - from the South Pacific to the Caribbean. These are, in particular, two islands near Cayo Norte, which he bought in 2014 for $23 million, and the island of Tawarua, part of the Fiji archipelago.

For what purpose the co-founder of Google acquired the island, by the beginning of February 2024, nothing was reported. Locals said that since Page bought Cayo Norte, they have not noticed any signs of development. But some saw helicopters land there. In addition, it is noted that people involved in extreme water sports were noticed.^[2]

Family

Little is known about the wife of Google CEO Larry Page, Lucinda Southworth. She graduated from two universities: Oxford and then Stanford. In the second, she learned to be a bioinformatics specialist. She married Page Susworth in 2007. For some time, the wife of the second founder of Google was engaged in charity work in South Africa^[3].

Lucinda Susworth and Larry Page

State

In the ranking of the richest businessmen in the IT industry, which was published by Forbes magazine in early August 2015, Larry Page is in fifth place with a fortune of $33.4 billion.

2020: Net worth - $91.5 billion

In April 2021, Forbes magazine presented an updated annual ranking of the richest people on the planet. Among the largest IT billionaires was Google founder Larry Page with a fortune of $91.5 billion. Read more here.

2022: Net worth - $86.6 billion; 8th in the Bloomberg ranking

In December 2022, Larry Page took 8th place in the ranking of the richest people on the planet Bloomberg with a fortune of $86.6 billion. Read more here.

Health: Google chief admits serious illness

In May 2013, Google CEO Larry Page finally admitted to having serious health problems. Rumors around his physical condition appeared back in 2012, when at one of the meetings with shareholders the voice unexpectedly changed him, and Page from that moment began to speak in too soft a voice.

Mindful of the illness and sudden death of another famous IT guru, Apple founder Steve Jobs, fans of the Internet company were seriously concerned, since no official information about Page's health was received.

As a result, in May, Page published a post on a personal blog on the Google^[4] platform^[4], where he finally explained what was happening to him. Fortunately, he did not show any deadly disease, but, nevertheless, his condition cannot be called harmless: for unknown reasons, Page had almost complete paralysis of the vocal cords, so his ability to pronounce phrases was very limited.

For the first time, Page discovered signs of illness 14 years ago, when his voice suddenly roughed up, but then he did not attach serious importance to it, the legendary top manager admitted. However, in the future, his vocal capabilities did not fully recover, so, ultimately, doctors discovered Page's paralysis of the left ligament.

In the summer of 2012, Page wrote, the situation repeated itself, so that now the right vocal cord was almost completely paralyzed, retaining only partial mobility, as a result of which his voice softened.

am fully capable at home and work, although my voice sounds softer than before," Page wrote. "The long monologues now present a challenge for me and perhaps the audience. Sergey [Brin] says that I am the best CEO, as I choose words very carefully, "he joked

Page's only problem is high-intensity aerobic activity, yet he's still doing kite surfing. Page and his doctors do not fully understand why his vocal cords were affected by paralysis, so Larry plans to invest in the Voice Health Institute, where appropriate research could be carried out.

On December 12, 2022, Bloomberg updated the ranking of the richest people on the planet. In it, Elon Musk took first place with a fortune of $175 billion. Read more here.

Hobby

One of Page's main hobbies, in addition to computers, is roller hockey.

Quotes

• You can be serious without a suit.
• The work must be a test and the tests must be enjoyable.

Interesting facts

• As a student, Larry Page built an inkjet printer model from the Lego designer.
• Together with Sergey Brin, Page acquired a large Boeing 767 passenger aircraft for personal use.
• The first written mention of the verb to google was introduced by Larry Page. On July 8, 1998, he wrote: "Have fun and keep googling!," Which can be translated into Russian as "Have fun and continue to google!"

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