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Who did Sergey Brin co-found Google with?
Sergey Brin co-founded Google with his fellow Stanford University Ph.D. student, Larry Page. The two developed the initial search engine technology together in their dorm rooms.
When did Sergey Brin and Larry Page officially found Google?
The pair officially incorporated Google as a private company on September 4, 1998. They had received a $100,000 check from Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, which helped them launch the company.
What was Sergey Brin's role at Alphabet?
When Google underwent a corporate restructuring in 2015 to form Alphabet Inc., Brin became the President of Alphabet. He stepped down from this role in December 2019 but remains a major shareholder and board member.
What was the original name of the search engine that became Google?
Initially, Brin and Page named their search engine "BackRub" because it analyzed backlinks to gauge a site's importance. They later changed the name to Google, a play on the mathematical term "googol."
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