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Founded By Larry Page and Sergey Brin = Inventions = Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. in 1998. Before they founded Google, they developed a PageRank system that uses advanced algorithms in order to show search results based on importance. This eliminated irrelevant search results. They tried desperately to sell this revolutionary technology to companies like Yahoo! and AltaVista.

= Business = Google is the number one search engine on the web. It has a market cap of 189.42 billion dollars. The yearly stock prices range from 473.02 dollars to 642.96 dollars. The secret to Google’s amazing business success is the way they sell and use advertisements. Google's current stock price

= Honors and Awards = Google’s success has also brought its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, almost 50 honors and awards. Some of these awards include three Webby Awards, PC’s World Class award for best search engine in 2001, a 2001 Net Award for best search engine and best site, and it has been recognized as Forbes Favorite for being “Best of the Web” in both 2000, and 2001.

= Number of users = Around 90 million search are done every day using Google.

= Size of company = Google added about 4,600 employees 24,400 employees that they already had in 2010. There is expected to be about a 25% increase next year.

= Charitable giving = Google has done a lot of charity work. For example, Google donated $2 million to the Massechusetts Media Lab, which helps give laptops for education in developing countries. Also, Sergey Brinand his wife, Anne Wojcicki, donated 50 million dollars to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Currently, they're working to research Kenya and find a prevention of child deaths due to poor water conditions. Some other charity work inculdes TechnoServe and the Acumen Fund.

= Education = Both Larry Page and Sergey Brin Graduated from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

= Jobs = Larry Page's first jobs were at Advanced Management Systems in Washington, D.C., and then at a company called CogniTek in Evanston, Illinois. Sergey Brin is currently the President of Google.

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin talk about Google