Google Inc. is an american multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products.These include online advertising technologies, search cloud computing, and software.
Google was founded by Lary Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D students at Stanford University.It was founded on September 4, 1998, Menlo Park, California, United States.It is one of the world's most profitable internet companies.
Most of its profits are derived from Adwords, an online advertising service that places advertising near the list of search results.The top of Google's most important product divisions, including YouTube, Adwords, and Google Search.
In 1998, Brin and Page incorporated Google Inc. with the initial domain name of "Googol" derived from a number that consists of one followed by one hundred zeros - this represented the vast of amount data that the search engine was intended to explore.Following inception, Page appointed himself as CEO, while Brin served as Google President.
The Founders of Google :
1. LARY PAGE
Lawrence "Lary Page" was born on March 26, 1973.He is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who co-founded Google Inc. and the CEO of Google's Parent Company, Alphabet Inc.Page is the inventor of Page Rank, Google's best-known search ranking algorithm.As of July 2014, the Bloimberg Billionaires Index lists Page as the 17th richest man in the world.In 2015, Page's "Powerful People" profile on the Forbes site states Google is the most in company of the digital era.
Writer Nicholas Carlson wrote in 2014 :
"While Google is often thought of as the invention of two young computer whizzes - Sergey and Lary, Lary and Sergey - the truth is that Google is a creation of Lary Page, helped along by Sergey Brin."
"While Google is often thought of as the invention of two young computer whizzes - Sergey and Lary, Lary and Sergey - the truth is that Google is a creation of Lary Page, helped along by Sergey Brin."
2. SERGEY BRIN
Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin was born on August 21, 1973.He is a Rusian-born American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur.In February 2009, Brin was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering.According to Hurun Global Rich List 2015, he is jointly one of three people listed as 18th richest in the world (21 overall), with a net worth of US$ 37,6 billion.
3. AWARDS
- In 1998, PC Magazine has praised Google as among the Top 100 Web Sites and Search Engine.
- In 1999, Google awarded The Technical Excellence Award for Inovation in Web Application Development.
- In 2000, Google earned a Webby Award, a People's Voice Award for technical achievement.
- In 2001, Google was awarded Outstanding Search Service, Best Image Search Engine, Best Design, Most Webmaster Friendly Search Engine,and Best Search Feature at The Search Engine Watch Award.
- In 2002, Page was named a World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow along with Brin was named by the Massachusetts Institute of Teechnology ( MIT )'s Technology Review Publication as one of the Top 100 Innovators in the world under the age of 35, as part of its yearly TR100 listing.
- In 2003, Brin and Page were both Award Recipients and National Finalists for the EY entrepreneur of the Year Award.
- In 2004, They received the Marconi Foundation's Prize and were elected Fellows of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University.
- In 2004, They received The Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award.
- In 2005, Brin and Page were elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- In November 2009, Forbes decided Brin and Page were the fifth most powerful people in the world.
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