Wealth Story

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 22

Began the research collaboration behind Google's search algorithm.

1998: Co-founded Google

at age 25

Founded Google with Sergey Brin, initially operating out of a garage in Menlo Park.

2004: Google IPO

at age 31

Took Google public.

2015: Became Alphabet CEO

at age 42

Took the chief executive role of newly formed parent company Alphabet.

2019: Stepped back from Alphabet

at age 46

Left 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 →

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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.