Larry Page Net Worth

Lawrence ‘Larry’ Page was born on 26 March 1973, in East Lancing, Michigan USA of part-Jewish descent. He is one of the most successful computer scientists and businessmen, best known as one of the founders of “Google” – now “Alphabet” – and the inventor of PageRank.

If you think how rich is Larry Page, it can be said that Larry’s net worth is about $30 billion, most of his wealth having been accumulated through his ‘Google’ project. There is no doubt that Larry Page’s net worth will become higher in the future as he still continues working and improving this and other businesses.

Larry Page Net Worth $30 Billion

Larry’s father, Carl Vincent Page, Sr., was a professor in computer science, and his mother Gloria a university instructor in computer programming, so Larry obviously grew-up in the middle of a computing environment. He was educated at Est Lancing High School, and then graduated with a BSc in computer engineering from the University of Michigan and then with an MSc  from Stanford University. When studying for a PhD Larry started thinking about how he can use mathematical properties of the Internet, and then started the project called “BackRub”. Then he met Sergey Brin: together they created an algorithm, which became known as “PageRank”, after which they came up with the idea of creating a search engine. In 1996 the first version of “Google” was produced, and from that time Larry Page’s net worth began growing very quickly.

However, their company began in very humble surroundings and minimal financial support, until Andy Berchtolsheim of Sun Microsystems invested $100,000 in “Google, Inc” – initially “Googol” – which did not yet exist: they founded the company immediately, in 1998, with Page as CEO and Sergey Brin as President. Within a couple of years, they had accumulated enough URLs – over a billion – for Google to become the most comprehensive search engine. After discussions with more experienced people in IT – including Steve Jobs – Eric Schmidt was appointed Chairman, with Larry Page as president of production. Over the next 10 years the growth and accompanying success of Google was phenomenal, as was Larry Page’s net worth growth such that he was a billionaire by age 30 – the company had already gone public.

In 2011 Page became the CEO of this company: this is the main source of Page’s net worth. In addition to this, Larry has other activities; he is working with “Tesla Motors” and has also invested in renewable energy technology. He is also interested in many other things, including Google+, Motorola Mobility, and Chromebook, a laptop with its unique operating system, ChromeOS. All these activities heave helped add to Larry Page’s net worth. It is clear that Larry Page still has many ideas, including biotechnology especially human health, and will probably accomplish them in the near future and again will make life a little bit easier.

It is clear that people can’t imagine a world without “Google”, and that is why Larry Page has received many awards for founding it. Some of them include the Webby Award, an Outstanding Search Service award, and Marconi Foundation Price and many other awards, plus Larry was named as a World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow and as one of the best young innovators in the world. Larry has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Michigan.

If to talk about his personal life, Larry Page has been married to Lucinda Southworth since 2007, and the couple has two children. He is also a philanthropist, for example donating in support of Tesla Motors’ research into renewable energy.