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Larry Page

Also Known As Lawrence Page · Lawrence E. Page · Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page · Lawrence Edward Larry Page · Larry E. Page · L. E. Page
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Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessman and computer scientist who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. He was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until 2001 and again from 2011 until 2015, when he became CEO of its newly formed parent organization Alphabet Inc., a post he held until December 2019. Page is the co-creator and namesake of PageRank, a search ranking algorithm.

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Birth Year
1973 1
Birth Date
1973-03-26 1
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Computer Pioneer Award 1
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Marconi Prize 1
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Seoul Test of Time Award 1
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1
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Financial Times Person of the Year 1
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PageRank, Concepts

Larry Page co-invented the PageRank algorithm with Sergey Brin at Stanford, described in their 1998 paper on the anatomy of a search engine.

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1. Wikidata: Larry Page
  • Wikidata Q4934, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
  • Wikidata Q4934 P569 (date of birth)
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