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Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessperson, computer scientist and internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin.

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Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessperson, computer scientist and internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. Page was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 when he stepped down in favor of Eric Schmidt and then again from April 2011 until July 2015 when he became CEO of its newly formed parent organisation Alphabet Inc. which was created to deliver "major advancements" as Google's parent company, a post he held until December 4, 2019 when he along with his co-founder Brin stepped down from all executive positions and day-to-day roles within the company. He remains an Alphabet board member, employee, and controlling shareholder. As of October 2023, Page has an estimated net worth of $118 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the sixth-richest person in the world. He has also invested in flying car startups Kitty Hawk and Opener. Page is the co-creator and namesake of PageRank, a search ranking algorithm for Google for which he received the Marconi Prize in 2004 along with co-writer Brin.

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“The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that.”
— Quoted in Ben Elgin, "Google's Goal: "Understand Everything," BusinessWeek (2004-05-03).
“I have a simple algorithm, which is, wherever you see paid researchers instead of grad students, that's not where you want to be doing research.”
— Plenary speech, AAAS Annual conference, San Francisco (February 2007).
“If you look at things like Google Now also. Maybe you want to just have [a question] answered for you before you ask it.”
— theguardian.com.
“It's hard to keep things moving. And that's always a big trick. I think for me, the key is setting really big goals. And, you know, with YouTube, I think we've had tremendous leadership, both with the founders and now with Salar, who's been running it.”
— Larry Page Q&A Zeitgeist Americas 2012, at the annual Zeitgeist conference in Arizona. Published on October 16, 2012. Answering the question asked by Larry Aidem: "And I'm just curious what you do both at Google and also in the way you've managed the YouTube acquisition, which I think you could look at as one of the most successful examples of somebody buying something and not screwing it up. What's consciously done to keep that ethos, both at the Google level and then at YouTube?"
“Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it”
— Larry Page’s University of Michigan Commencement Address, 2009.
“I don't know how long I would've stayed, to be honest.”
— theguardian.com

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