Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical.
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Sergey Brin
Born in 1973 in Moscow, Sergey Brin emigrated to the United States at age six. At Stanford he met Larry Page and co-developed the PageRank algorithm, which evaluates web-page importance by backlink count. In 1998 they co-founded Google, transforming search into an advertising platform under the mission to organize the world's information. As of 2026 his net worth is estimated at approximately $237 billion, placing him among the world's wealthiest individuals.
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