Born in Moscow and emigrating to the US in the late 1970s , current president of Alphabet , the parent company of search giant Google , Sergey Brin , alongside Larry Page are known as the co-founders of Google , which originally launched back in 1998 .

Borne out of Brin ’ s passion for links back to pages online , noting it could work similarly to academic citations , Google is now responsible for handling over 3.5bn searches per day and is utilised worldwide . As a result , Brin ’ s net worth has reached $ 52bn . He is also presently Director of Special Projects at secretive division , Google X , which works on a number of digital products , such as smart contact lenses . www . google . com

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