Sergey Brin: The Story Behind the Fortune
Sergey Brin co-founded Google with Larry Page and served as president of Alphabet until 2019. Born in Moscow, he emigrated to the United States as a child. He remains a controlling shareholder and has returned to hands-on work on Google's AI efforts.
Sergey Brin co-founded Google with Larry Page and served as president of Alphabet until 2019. Born in Moscow, he emigrated to the United States as a child. He remains a controlling shareholder and has returned to hands-on work on Google's AI efforts.
Sergey Brin built this fortune from the ground up — a self-made success in technology & internet.
He studied at Stanford University and is based in Los Altos, California.
A few of the highlights on the public record: Born in Moscow, in the former Soviet Union; Co-created the PageRank algorithm with Larry Page; Has been closely involved in Alphabet's AI and moonshot projects.
The journey to get here is well documented. In 1979, moved to the United States with his family as a child. In 1995, began the research partnership behind Google's search technology. In 1998, founded Google with Larry Page. In 2004, took Google public. In 2019, left his formal executive role, remaining a controlling shareholder and active on AI projects.
On net worth alone, the closest companies are Larry Page ($265.03B) and Elon Musk ($417.59B) — a reminder of how tightly bunched the very top of the wealth list really is.
Today, Sergey is worth an estimated $254.31B — #6 in the world on our real-time list, a figure that moves with GOOGL's share price.