To Google,

Thank You

For Making This Assignment Possible.

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This is Larry Page. He is the founder of Google, a search engine that you use everyday on your computer.

Larry Page was born in Michigan in 1973. As a child, he was pretty socially awkward. His childhood role model was Nikola Tesla, who was an electrical engineer.

Larry Page's father worked as a computer scientist and his mother worked as a computer programmer. At a very early age, Larry had a big interest in technology and computers.

When Larry was 22, he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of Michigan and studied Computer Programming at Stanford University when he was 23. How cool is that!

While he was studying at Stanford University, he met Sergey Brin. Together, they would develop Google.

While he was working on a research assignment at Stanford University, Larry Page wanted easier access to information that he could find online. This gave him an idea...

With the help of Sergey Brin, Larry developed and built a search engine called 'BackRub', which was made for students on the Stanford campus.

'BackRub' served as a simple search engine for stanford students, but lacked a web developer. After a few months, Larry modified 'BackRub' to something greater that what it used to be...