Larry Page
Co-founder of Google; Alphabet board member and controlling shareholder
Co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998 and co-created the PageRank algorithm. Was CEO of Google (1997–2001, 2011–2015) and of Alphabet until December 4, 2019, when he and Brin left their executive roles; he remains an Alphabet board member and one of its two controlling shareholders (Wikipedia). Business Insider reported in March 2025 that he backs Dynatomics, a Palo Alto startup applying AI and 3D printing to aircraft manufacturing. Listed here because the decisions that put AI at the center of Google — the DeepMind acquisition and the "AI-first" strategy — were made under his leadership.
Key arguments & positions
- Pushed Google to become an "AI-first" company, arguing machine learning should sit at the center of every product.
- Has long argued that ambitious, long-horizon research bets — self-driving cars, life sciences, AI — belong inside a holding company structure like Alphabet.
Accomplishments
- Co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998 and wrote the PageRank paper that ranked the early web.
- Acquired DeepMind in 2014 and funded Google Brain, the two bets that made Google a frontier AI lab.
- Served as CEO of Google (1997–2001 and 2011–2015) and of Alphabet until December 4, 2019, when he and Brin left their executive roles; remains an Alphabet board member and one of its two controlling shareholders.
- Backs Dynatomics, a Palo Alto startup reported by Business Insider (March 2025) to be applying AI and 3D printing to aircraft manufacturing.
Papers & key writings
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