How Larry Page Built the Fortune
Larry Page is worth an estimated $265.03B today — #4 on the world's rich list. Co-founder of Google, former CEO of Alphabet Inc.
The fortune didn't appear overnight. The first milestone on the public record came at age 22: met sergey brin at stanford. Everything after that is a chain of documented decisions — this is that chain, year by year.
The Milestones
1995: Met Sergey Brin at Stanford
at age 22Began the research collaboration behind Google's search algorithm.
1998: Co-founded Google
at age 25Founded Google with Sergey Brin, initially operating out of a garage in Menlo Park.
2004: Google IPO
at age 31Took Google public.
2015: Became Alphabet CEO
at age 42Took the chief executive role of newly formed parent company Alphabet.
2019: Stepped back from Alphabet
at age 46Left the CEO role to Sundar Pichai, remaining a controlling shareholder.
Today: #4 in the world
Larry's net worth is an estimated $265.03B, updated in real time from public holdings. See the live number →
Milestones are drawn from widely-reported public history; ages are computed from the birth year and can be off by one depending on the month. Net worth is our real-time estimate.