How Sergey Brin Built the Fortune
Sergey Brin is worth an estimated $254.31B today — #6 on the world's rich list. Co-founder of Google, former president of Alphabet Inc.
The fortune didn't appear overnight. The first milestone on the public record came at age 6: emigrated from moscow. Everything after that is a chain of documented decisions — this is that chain, year by year.
The Milestones
1979: Emigrated from Moscow
at age 6Moved to the United States with his family as a child.
1995: Met Larry Page at Stanford
at age 22Began the research partnership behind Google's search technology.
1998: Co-founded Google
at age 25Founded Google with Larry Page.
2004: Google IPO
at age 31Took Google public.
2019: Stepped down as Alphabet president
at age 46Left his formal executive role, remaining a controlling shareholder and active on AI projects.
Today: #6 in the world
Sergey's net worth is an estimated $254.31B, 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.