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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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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. Larry Page (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Lawrence Page
    Lawrence Page
  • Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Marconi Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Marconi Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: Seoul Test of Time Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Seoul Test of Time Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Wikidata P166: Financial Times Person of the Year
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Financial Times Person of the Year.
  • Wikidata alias: Lawrence E. Page
    Lawrence E. Page
  • Wikidata alias: Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page
    Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page
  • Wikidata alias: Lawrence Edward Larry Page
    Lawrence Edward Larry Page
  • Wikidata alias: Larry E. Page
    Larry E. Page
  • Wikidata alias: L. E. Page
    L. E. Page
  • P569 (date of birth): year 1973
    1973
  • P569 (date of birth): 1973-03-26
    1973-03-26
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