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Sergey Brin

Co-founder of Google; its president from 1998, and president of Alphabet 2015–2019.

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Background
  • Citizen of United States 1
  • Born in Moscow 23
  • Came to the United States at the age of six.3
  • Has spoken of being Jewish, especially in Russia, and of being an immigrant in the US.2
Family ties
Over time
  1. chair of Google Sep 1998 – Jul 2001
  2. head of Google (President) Sep 1998 – Jul 2001
  3. head of Google (President, Technology) Jul 2001 – Apr 2011
  4. head of Google (President) May 2011 – Oct 2015
  5. head of Alphabet (President) Oct 2015 – Dec 2019
Sergey Brin holds

Connections 15

founded

chair of

  • Google Sep 1998 – Jul 2001 Primary record 6

head of

  • Google Sep 1998 – Jul 2001 President Primary record 7
  • Google Jul 2001 – Apr 2011 President, Technology Primary record 8
  • Google May 2011 – Oct 2015 President Primary record 8
  • Alphabet Oct 2015 – Dec 2019 President Primary record 8

relative of

  • Anne Wojcicki former wife Primary record 910

    Married in 2007; the divorce was finalized in May 2015. Google disclosed the marriage in its filings on its investments in 23andMe.

citizen of

board member of

invested in

  • 23andMe Jun 2009 Series B round, as convertible debt converted into stock, $10M Primary record 11
  • 23andMe Nov 2010 Series C round, $3.4M Primary record 12
  • 23andMe Dec 2012 Series D round, $20M Primary record 13

owns a stake in

  • Google 30 Jun 2004 15.9%, 38,489,048 shares, as of 30 Jun 2004 Primary record 4

    Before the 2004 IPO; percent of Class B common stock.

funded

  • 23andMe interim loan before Google's May 2007 investment, repaid in that round, $2.6M Primary record 9

born in

Timeline 11 dates
  1. Sep 1998 Sergey Brin founded Google
  2. Sep 1998 – Jul 2001 Sergey Brin chair of Google
  3. Sep 1998 – Jul 2001 Sergey Brin head of Google
  4. Sep 1998 Sergey Brin board member of Google
  5. Jul 2001 – Apr 2011 Sergey Brin head of Google
  6. 30 Jun 2004 Sergey Brin owns a stake in Google
  7. Jun 2009 Sergey Brin invested in 23andMe
  8. Nov 2010 Sergey Brin invested in 23andMe
  9. May 2011 – Oct 2015 Sergey Brin head of Google
  10. Dec 2012 Sergey Brin invested in 23andMe
  11. Oct 2015 – Dec 2019 Sergey Brin head of Alphabet
Proof 13 sources
  1. Alphabet Inc. Schedule 13G/A (Amendment No. 17) filed by Sergey Brin, Sergey Brin, 13 Feb 2023. Primary record
    (c) Citizenship: United States of America
  2. The Story of Sergey Brin, Moment Magazine, Feb 2007. Scholarship & press
    My rebelliousness, I think, came out of being born in Moscow
    I do somewhat feel like a minority,” he says. “Being Jewish, especially in Russia, is one aspect of that. Then, being an immigrant in the U.S.
  3. Sergey Brin: profile and interview, American Academy of Achievement. Scholarship & press
    Sergey Brin was born in Moscow, Russia in 1973.
    I came to the U.S. at the age of six
  4. Google Inc. IPO prospectus (Form 424B4), 19 August 2004, Google, 19 Aug 2004. Primary record
    Applicable percentage ownership is based on 12,359,204 shares of Class A common stock and 241,956,117 shares of Class B common stock outstanding at June 30, 2004
  5. Google Receives $25 Million in Equity Funding, Google, 7 Jun 1999. Primary record
    Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, building on three years of research as computer science Ph.D. candidates at Stanford University.
  6. Alphabet Inc. proxy statement (DEF 14A), 27 April 2018, Alphabet, 27 Apr 2018. Primary record
    In addition, from September 1998 to July 2001, Sergey served as Google’s President and Chairman of Google’s Board of Directors.
  7. Google Inc. registration statement (Form S-1), 29 April 2004, Google, 29 Apr 2004. Primary record
    From September 1998 to July 2001, Sergey served as our President.
    Sergey Brin, one of our founders, has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception in September 1998 and as our President of Technology since July 2001.
  8. Alphabet Inc. proxy statement (DEF 14A), 24 April 2026, Alphabet, 24 Apr 2026. Primary record
    From July 2001 to April 2011, Sergey served as Google’s President, Technology and Co-Founder.
    Sergey Brin, 52, one of Google’s Co-Founders, previously served as Google’s President from May 2011 to October 2015, and as Alphabet’s President from October 2015 to December 2019.
  9. Google Inc. current report (Form 8-K), 22 May 2007, Google, 22 May 2007. Primary record
    Anne Wojcicki, who is a co-founder of 23andMe and who is also a shareholder and member of the board of directors, is married to Sergey Brin, Google’s President, Technology and one of its founders.
    Prior to Google’s investment in 23andMe, Sergey provided approximately $2.6 million in interim debt financing to 23andMe, which was repaid as part of this financing transaction.
  10. Google’s Sergey Brin and 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki legally divorced, Fortune, 24 Jun 2015. Scholarship & press
    Google cofounder Sergey Brin and genetic startup 23andMe cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki have been legally divorced, according to documents filed in a California court.
  11. Google Inc. current report (Form 8-K), 18 June 2009, Google, 18 Jun 2009. Primary record
    Prior to Google’s investment in 23andMe’s Series B preferred stock financing, Sergey also invested approximately $10 million in 23andMe’s convertible debt financing, which was converted into Series B preferred stock as part of this financing transaction.
  12. Google Inc. current report (Form 8-K), 10 November 2010, Google, 10 Nov 2010. Primary record
    Sergey is also an investor in 23andMe and invested approximately $3.4 million in 23andMe’s Series C preferred stock financing.
  13. Google Inc. current report (Form 8-K), 21 December 2012, Google, 21 Dec 2012. Primary record
    Sergey is also an investor in 23andMe and invested approximately $20.0 million in 23andMe’s Series D preferred stock financing.
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