Lawrence "Larry" Page born March 26, 1973 is an American computer scientist and industrialist, who co-founded Google Inc., along with Sergey Brin. They are often known together as the "Google Guys". According to Forbes he and Sergey Brin are currently tied as the 24th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of US$17.5 billion in 2010. Larry Page was Google's founding CEO and grew the company to more than 200 employees and profitability before moving into his role as president, Products in April 2001. He continues to share responsibility for Google's day-to-day operations with Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin. The son of Michigan State University computer science professor Dr. Carl Victor Page, Page's love of computers began at age six. While following in his father's footsteps in academics, Page became an honors graduate from the University of Michigan, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering, with a concentration on computer engineering. During his time in Ann Arbor, Page served as president of the University's Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society and built a programmable plotter and inkjet printer out of Lego™.
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