Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Larry Page. He was born in Moscow and emigrated to the United States with his family as a child.
Early Life and Education
Brin was born in Moscow in 1973 to a family of mathematicians. His family emigrated to the United States in 1979 because of the discrimination against the Jews in the Soviet Union.
He studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Maryland and graduated in 1993. He went to Stanford University for a doctorate and met Larry Page there.
He was known for his agile mind and for his interest in a wide range of subjects, from the mathematics to the sports. The partnership with Page was the foundation of the company.
The Founding of Google
Brin and Page collaborated on the research into the structure of the web. They developed the PageRank algorithm and the search engine that became Google.
They founded the company in 1998 and moved it to a garage in Menlo Park. Brin took charge of the technology and of the culture of the company.
He led the development of the infrastructure that allowed the search engine to index the whole web. He was also involved in the design of the advertising system.
He served as the president of technology and later as the president of the parent company Alphabet. He has been a central figure in the strategy of the company.
The Research and the Innovations
Brin has worked on the development of the Google Books project, which sought to digitise the books of the world. He has also supported the development of the Google Glass and of the self-driving car.
He has published research on the data mining and on the machine learning. He has an interest in the genetics and in the Parkinson's disease, which runs in his family.
He has funded the research into the ageing and into the neurological disease. He has donated to the research institutions and to the universities.
He has argued for the openness of the internet and for the freedom of the information. He has been a critic of the censorship of the web.
The Recognition and the Legacy
Brin received the Marconi Prize in 2004 with Page. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He is one of the wealthiest people in the world. He has been named among the most influential people of the century.
He stepped back from the daily management of the company in 2019. He remains a member of the board and a major shareholder.
His work with Page has changed the way in which people find and use information. The search engine has become a central institution of the information age.
The Early Career and the Research
Brin worked on the data mining and on the machine learning at Stanford. He collaborated with Page on the research into the structure of the web.
He contributed to the development of the PageRank algorithm. The algorithm was the foundation of the search engine.
He has published the research on the genetics and on the Parkinson's disease. He has funded the research into the causes of the disease.
The Leadership and the Vision
Brin served as the president of the technology at Google. He was responsible for the research and the development.
He promoted the development of the Google Books and of the Google Glass. He has been a supporter of the ambitious research projects.
He has argued for the openness of the internet and for the freedom of the information. He has been a critic of the censorship and of the surveillance.
The Education and the Family
Brin studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Maryland. He went to Stanford University for a doctorate.
He met Larry Page at Stanford and the two men collaborated on the research into the web. They founded Google in 1998.
He was married to Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder of the genetic testing company 23andMe. He has two children from that marriage.
The Products and the Innovation
Brin led the development of the search infrastructure and of the advertising system. He supported the development of the Google Books and of the Google Glass.
He has worked on the data mining and on the machine learning. He has published the research on the genetics and on the Parkinson's disease.
He has funded the research into the ageing and the neurological disease. He has donated to the research institutions and the universities.
The Leadership and the Strategy
Brin served as the president of the technology at Google and later at Alphabet. He was responsible for the research and the development.
He has advocated for the openness of the internet and for the freedom of the information. He has been a critic of the censorship and of the surveillance.
He received the Marconi Prize with Page in 2004. He is one of the wealthiest people in the world.
See also
- PageRank
- Larry Page
- Search engine
References
- ↑ Brin, Sergey and Page, Larry. The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine. Computer Networks, 1998.
- ↑ Vise, David and Malseed, Mark. The Google Story. New York: Delacorte Press, 2005.
- ↑ Levy, Steven. In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2011.
- ↑ Auletta, Ken. Googled: The End of the World as We Know It. New York: Penguin Press, 2009.