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what you want.” They agree that it is a far-reaching vision requiring
research, development, and innovation. (Inspirational Leadership)
Google is actually a noun, a number followed by 100 zeros spelled
“googol,” but Brin and Page were confused about the spelling and
stuck with “Google.” Today, Google is synonymous with the Internet
and has quickly become a verb. It is used in over 100 different languages
with daily searches numbering over 250 million and indexes
over 8 billion Web pages.
Sergey was born in 1973 in Moscow, Russia. His father, Mikhail,
has a Ph.D. in Mathematics and teaches at the University of Maryland.
His mother is also a mathematician and worked as a civil engineer. The
family was forced to flee Russia in 1979 because of anti-Semitism.
Sergey has been interested in computers since he received his
first Commodore 64 at age nine. He was known as a “math whiz”
and one of his classmates recalled that he was “quite cocky about
his intellect,” often challenging his teachers. He graduated from the
University of Maryland with a B.A. in Mathematics and Computer
Science in 1993 at the age of 19 and then earned an M.A. in Computer
Science in 1995 from Stanford. Sergey is confident, fit, and
outspoken. 53 (Achievement Orientation, Initiative, Confidence)
In response to a question about Google being the highlight of his
career, he said, “I think it was the smallest of accomplishments that
we hope to make over the next 20 years. But I think if Google is all
we create, I don’t think I would be very disappointed.” 54 (Inspirational
Leadership, Achievement Orientation)
“We run Google a little bit like a university. We have lots of projects,
about 100 of them. We like to have small groups of people, three or
so people, working on projects. . . . The only way you are going to
have success is to have lots of failures first.” 55 (Teamwork and Collaboration,
Building Bonds, Change Catalyst)
“Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked
back on as being very innovative, very trusted, and ethical and ultimately
making a big difference in the world.” 56 (Trustworthiness)