Sergey Brin

American billionaire businessman

Photo by: Steve Jurvetson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:August 21, 1973

Age:53

Zodiac Sign:Leo

Children:3

Born in:Moscow, Russia

Residence:Los Altos, United States

Languages:Russian, English

Inventor Business Executive Author Technology Entrepreneur Computer Scientist Entrepreneur

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Books

Google SearchSergey Brin: Why Google Glass?Sergey Brin + Larry Page: The genesis of Google

Awards

National Medal of Science (2026)Asia's Most Influential Singapore (2021)Computer Pioneer Award (2018)Seoul Test of Time Award (2015)Great Immigrants Award (2006)

Sergey Brin

American billionaire businessman

Biography

Sergey Mikhailovich Brin (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Брин; born August 21, 1973) is an American computer scientist and businessman who co-founded Google with Larry Page. He was the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role in 2019. He and Page remain at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, and board members. Brin is a centibillionaire and among the richest people in the world; as of 18 October 2026, his estimated net worth is US$257.1 billion. Born into a Russian-Jewish family in Moscow, Soviet Union, Brin immigrated to the United States 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, in 1993, he enrolled in Stanford University to pursue a PhD in computer science. There, Brin met Page, with whom he built a web search engine. The program became popular at Stanford, and he discontinued his PhD studies to start Google in Susan Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park, California. In 2023, Brin came out of retirement to contribute to AI research at Alphabet.

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Quotes

“re gmail, great user experience has helped other email systems (others have increased storage etc). there are areas that have been overlooked in industry, much as search was overlooked in the 90's. thinks they have technology, distribution infrastructure to address those things.”

— Conversation: Sergey Brin of Google (October 7, 2005)

“When it’s too easy to get money, then you get a lot of noise mixed in with the real innovation and entrepreneurship. Tough times bring out the best parts of Silicon Valley.”

— Guynn, Jessica (September 17, 2008). "Google's Schmidt, Page and Brin hold court at Zeitgeist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-01-07.

“We came up with the notion that not all web pages are created equal. People are – but not web pages.”

— Guest lecture, UC Berkeley Oct. 5, 2005 – 40 min.

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Sergey today: “I think a lot of people think I’m naive, and that may well be true, but I wouldn’t have started a search engine in 1998 if I wasn’t naive.” “I’m an optimist. I want to find a way to work within the Chinese system and provide more and better information. ...perhaps it won’t succeed immediately tomorrow but maybe in a year or two” (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/4352214379">more on China</a>)

Left to right, Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google

Sergey Brin

President Donald J. Trump presents the National Medal of Science to tech company leaders at a “New Golden Age” summit with tech and science leaders at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 8, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the sensor displays inside one of Google's self-driving cars at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship's Innovation Marketplace on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, on June 23, 2016. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]