Sergey Brin

• Co-founders of
• Page: BSc/BE University of Michigan
• Brin: BSc University of Maryland
• Both moved to Stanford for PhD mid-90's
• PhD work led to new ideas on Web search
  • use keywords like "normal" search engines
  • augment document ranking by "credibility"
  • credibility related to inbound links
• Ideas led to prototype, then to company
• Google Inc. founded in 1998