Entrepreneur, Businessperson, Computer Scientist, Internet Entrepreneur
Sergey Brin Net Worth
Sergey Brin is an American 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. Brin and Page remain at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, board members, and employees.
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 at 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.
Today Google is the most powerful internet company in the world with a monopoly in online search and duopoly (with Facebook) in online advertising. Google has several products that reach over 1 billion people per day including search, maps, YouTube and Gmail. Google has been criticized for its monopoly tactics and tendencies to squash competitors and place arbitrary rules and requirements on websites and apps. In 2019, a number of anti-trust investigations were launched against Google from various organizations including the FTC, DOJ and a Congressional committee.
He served as the company’s head of technology for 10 years before transitioning to President of Google parent company Alphabet, his current title. He spends a majority of his energy in the company’s robotics lab.
Brin is an advocate and supporter of alternative energy consumption and is trying to solve the world’s energy and climate problems through the philanthropic arm Google.org. He has invested his personal liquid assets into venture funds and clean technology investments.
Sergey has donated millions of dollars to support research into Parkinson’s disease. Sergey’s mother suffered from the affliction.
