Quick Info
| Profession | Computer scientist and entrepreneur |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 21/08/1973 |
| Age | 53 years |
| Birthplace | Moscow, Russia |
| Net Worth | $135 billion (as of September 2024, Bloomberg) |
| Residence | Los Altos, California |
Latest News about Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin publicly criticized California's proposed billionaire tax amid a broader political dispute over how to fund state programs. Reports said he linked his opposition to his Soviet background and increased his political spending against the measure.
Brin increased his financial support for efforts opposing California's proposed billionaire tax by donating $25 million to a Super PAC. The proposal would impose a one-time 5% tax on assets above $1 billion to fund education, food assistance, and healthcare.
Brin gave $20 million to a new California political initiative connected to efforts against a potential billionaire wealth tax. The donation became a major part of a $35 million campaign backed by wealthy donors supporting related ballot measures.
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Bio/Wiki
| Full Name | Sergey Mikhailovich Brin |
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Educational Qualification(s)
| University of Maryland, College Park | BS in Mathematics and Computer Science (1993) |
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| Stanford University | MS in Computer Science |
Personal Life
| Immigrated to US | 1979, age 6, to escape Jewish persecution in Soviet Union |
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| Childhood | Grew up in Adelphi, Maryland; attended Montessori school |
Family
| Father | Michael Brin (mathematics professor at University of Maryland) |
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| Brother | One younger brother |
| Mother | Research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Spouse |
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| Children | Two sons |
Career
| Co-founded Google | 1998 with Larry Page in Susan Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park |
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| President of Alphabet Inc. | Until 03/12/2019 |
| Current Role | Co-founder, controlling shareholder, and board member at Alphabet |
| President of Google | Before stepping down in 2019 |
| Notable Achievement | Google IPO in August 2004 made Brin and Page billionaires; Google became world's most popular search engine |
| LTA Research and Exploration | Founded a secretive airship company focused on climate-friendly, zero-emission aircraft and humanitarian aid delivery |
| Airship Project | Publicly known as Pathfinder 1, the full-scale prototype received FAA airworthiness certification in September 2023 for test flights |
| Philanthropy | Contributed over $1.5 billion to Parkinson's disease research, focusing on central nervous system disorders and climate change initiatives |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Emigrated from Moscow at age 6 among the last Jews allowed to leave USSR before Gorbachev era | |
| 2. Attended Montessori school as a child | |
| 3. Graduated high school in 1990 and BS in three years with highest honors | |
| 4. Developed early search engine 'BackRub' in dorm room | |
| 5. Working on zero-emissions air travel projects | |
| 6. Graduated Eleanor Roosevelt High School in 1990 and completed BS degree in three years with highest honors | |
| 7. Received National Science Foundation fellowship to attend Stanford University | |
| 8. Co-authored influential papers including 'The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine,' one of the most downloaded scientific documents in Internet history | |
| 9. Named 35th most powerful person and 13th richest person in the world by Forbes in 2018 | |
| 10. Currently working on developing new forms of zero-emissions air travel | |
| 11. Centibillionaire and among the richest people in the world | |
| 12. Uses the game of Go to illustrate that human achievement continues advancing even after computers surpass people in specific domains |