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Sergey Brin

The founder of the great company Google, Sergey Mikhailovich Brin was born on August 21, 1973, in Moscow, Russia, to Jewish parents, Michael and Eugenia. Brin immigrated to U.S.A, when he was just six years old along with his parents and younger brother, Samuel, due to increasing discrimination in the U.S.S.R, at that point of time. Sergey Brin’s father, Michael Brin, is a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland. Brin’s mother was also a mathematician and civil engineer, who worked at NASA as a specialist. Knowing Brin’s growing interest in Mathematics and Computers, Brin’s father provided him with his first computer, a Commodore 64, when he was nine years old. He attended Paint Branch Montessori School in Adelphi, Maryland, followed by Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Brin graduated from the University of Maryland with an honors degree in Computer Science and Mathematics, in the year 1993. As Brin received a graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation, he got a chance to pursue his Master’s degree in Computer Science at Stanford University, which was completed in 1995. Brin had intent to pursue Ph.D., but a project, with fellow Stanford student Larry Page, distracted his attention. Brin married Anne Wojcicki in May 2007 in The Bahamas, a biotech analyst and a graduate of B.S in Biology, at Yale University. She had a profound interest in health information and co-founded the firm “23andMe" which lets people analyze and compare their own genetic makeup. Brin and his wife run The Brin Wojcicki Foundation. Although Brin dropped from Stanford, he is officially still on leave from Stanford. Brin is quite active on Google Plus and posts many updates every few days. Brin is also known as a person who likes adventures, it is not surprising that he posts a lot of travel related photographs in his Google Plus updates. 164,126 Google+ users have him in their circles as of now.

Awards and Accolades Brin had many honors and accolades in his account, for his best entrepreneurship with scientific, creative, and innovative use of technology. Some of them are mentioned below In 2002, Brin was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100, as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35. In 2003, Brin received an honorary MBA from IE Business School for embodying the entrepreneurial spirit and lending momentum to the creation of new businesses. In 2004, Brin received the Marconi Foundation Prize, the "Highest Award in Engineering", and was elected Fellows of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University. In 2004, Brin received the Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award, in Chicago. In 2004, Brin was named "Person of the Week" by ABC World News Tonight. In November 2009, Forbes magazine declared Brin as fifth most powerful person in the world. Earlier that same year, in February, Brin was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, which is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. According to Forbes, Brin is currently named as the 24th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of US$19.8 billion in 2011. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------