Sergey Brin

[close] Sergey Mikhailovich Brin (born August 21, 1973) is an American business magnate, computer scientist, and Internet entrepreneur. Together with Larry Page, he co-founded Google.
Brin was the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role on December 3, 2019. He and Page remain at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, board members, and employees. As of May 2022, Brin is the 8th-richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $101 billion.

Brin immigrated to the United States with his family from the Soviet Union at the age of six. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland, College Park, following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps by studying mathematics, as well as computer science. After graduation, he enrolled in Stanford University to acquire a PhD in computer science. There he met Page, with whom he built a web search engine. The program became popular at Stanford, and they suspended their PhD studies to start up Google in Susan Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park.