Born August 21, 1973

(age 40)

Moscow, USSA

Nationality

United States

Ethnicity

American

studied at Grade school in Adelphi, Maryland
studied at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland
studied at IE Business School. Master of Business Administration
1990 - 1993

studied at University of Maryland. Math. & Computer Sci.. Bachelor of Science
1993 - 1995

studied at Stanford University. Master of Science
1998

co-founder. Google Inc

Award

Marconi Foundation Prize, USA.

In 2004, Brin and Page received the Marconi Foundation Prize and were elected Fellows of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University.
Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award , USA.

In 2004, Brin received the Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award with Larry Page at a ceremony in Chicago, Illinois.

Sergey Brin

information technology executive, computer scientist

Sergey Brin is a Russian-born American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the most profitable Internet companies.

Background

Brin immigrated to the United States with his family from the Soviet Union at the age of six.

Education

He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland, following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps by studying mathematics, as well as computer science.

Career

After graduation, he moved to Stanford University to acquire a Ph.D. in computer science. There he met Larry Page, with whom he later became friends. They crammed their dormitory room with inexpensive computers and applied Brin's data mining system to build a superior search engine. The program became popular at Stanford and they suspended their PhD studies to start up Google in a rented garage.

Achievements

As of 2012, his personal wealth is estimated to be $20.3 billion.

Life Stance

Religion

Judaism

Connections

Mother: Eugenia Brin - engineer
Father: Michael Brin - mathematician
Wife: Anne Wojcicki

Contributor

Juliana Gorobets

last changed

15/01/2013

view changes

Membership
- Fellow: American Academy Arts & Scis.

Go
up Edit Profile