Larry Page

Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin in 1998. While pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford University, Page, the son of a computer science professor, developed the PageRank algorithm with Brin, which evaluates the importance of web pages based on link structures and became the core of Google's search engine technology. Page served as Google's CEO from 2011 to 2015 and as CEO of Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, until 2019, after which he transitioned to a board role, retaining significant influence through Class B super-voting shares that provide him and Brin approximately 51% of Alphabet's voting control, while focusing on long-term innovative projects. Under his leadership, Google expanded into diverse sectors including mobile operating systems, cloud computing, and autonomous vehicles, amassing a market capitalization exceeding trillions of dollars and establishing Page as one of the wealthiest individuals globally with a net worth of $248.7 billion as of March 3, 2026, ranking second on Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires list after a recent decline from around $257 billion earlier in the month, a status he has maintained for many years.

Lawrence Edward Page was born on March 26, 1973, in East Lansing, Michigan. His father, Carl Victor Page Sr., who came from a Protestant background with English, Irish, German, and French roots, held a PhD in computer science from the University of Michigan and served as a professor at Michigan State University, where he contributed to early developments in artificial intelligence and computer engineering. His mother, Gloria Weinstein Page, was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent—her father having emigrated to Israel—and worked as a computer programming instructor at Michigan State University's Lyman Briggs College, emphasizing practical computational skills in her teaching. There is no publicly available information on DNA test results or specific percentages of Jewish ancestry for Larry Page.