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Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin, commonly known as Sergey Brin, is a famous American businessman, executive manager, as well as a computer scientist. To the public, Sergey Brin is perhaps best known as the co-founder of the multinational corporation called “Google”, which specializes in internet-related services. Founded in 1998 by Brin and Larry Page, the company rapidly grew to become one of the most popular internet service providers in the entire world. Considered to be the most visited website worldwide, “Google” has expanded its chain of products to encompass “Gmail”, a file storage service called “Google Drive”, a social networking service known as “Google+” and “Google Docs”, which provides word processing. Currently, Brin owns approximately 16% of the “Google” company. Aside from his involvement with “Google”, Sergey Brin took part in the “Google Glass” or “Project Glass” program, and contributed to the “Google Driveless Car” project. For his contributions, Sergey Brin was rewarded with the Marconi Foundation Prize in 2004, and that same year received an Academy of Achievement’s Golden Plate Award.

Sergey Brin Net Worth $29.3 Billion

A well-known businessman, how rich is Sergey Brin? According to sources, his annual salary in 2013 amounted to as much as $7 billion. In regards to his overall wealth, Sergey Brin’s net worth is estimated to be $29.3 billion, most of which he has accumulated from his involvement in the “Google” corporation. Among Brin’s most valuable assets is his house in Greenwich, which cost him approximately $8.5 million, as well as his home in Los Altos, which is valued at $7 million.

Sergey Brin was born in 1973, in Moscow, Soviet Union, where he lived until he was six years old. His family eventually moved to Maryland in the United States, where Brin studied at the Eleanor Roosevelt High School, and upon graduating from it, applied to study at the University of Maryland. Brin graduated from the university with a BS degree in mathematics and computer science. He then enrolled in Stanford University, from which he graduated with a MS degree in 1995. While in Stanford, Brin met and befriended Larry Page, with whom he started working on what would soon be known as “Google”. They started their work by writing a paper on “The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine”, and then continued testing their search engine online. Even though the project proved to be too difficult to process at Stanford University, Brin and Page knew that their efforts would finally pay-off. In 1998, they established the “Google” company, which brought them not only a lot of public exposure and interest, but significantly contributed to their wealth as well. Currently, Sergey Brin and Larry Page are considered to be among the most powerful and influential people in the entire world.

In regards to his personal life, Sergey Brin was in a relationship with the well-known biologist Anne Wojcicki, who is known as a co-founder of a biotechnology company called “23andMe”. The couple celebrated their marriage in 2007, and a year later Anne gave birth to their first-born son. Their daughter was born in 2011. However, Wojcicki and Brin separated in 2013, after 6 years of marriage.