1. Interested In The World Of Computers Since The Age Of 6 Years
Larry Page was born on March 26, 1973. Since he was 6 years old, he has shown an interest in the world of computers.
Based on his personal account in a number of references, his house was in disarray not because of toys, but with various editions of Popular Science magazine and the computer he tampered with.
Unlike other six-year-olds, Larry was very familiar with the first generation of word processing machines from a very early age. Even when given an assignment from school, Larry became the first student to do it using a computer.
His interest in the world of computers did not dim until he grew up. Moreover, at the age of 12, Larry Page was already thinking of starting a company in the computer sector.
To fulfill his dream, Larry entered the University of Michigan. At one of the leading US universities, he majored in Computer Engineering.
2. Living In A Computer-Loving Family
Larry Page’s interest in computers from an early age could not be separated from the role of his parents who always instilled in their children the importance of creativity and invention.
Larry’s father (Dr. Carl Page) is a professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence expert, while his mother (Gloria Page) also works as a lecturer teaching computer science at several universities.
Larry Page also has an older brother named Carl Victor Page, who also had a career in computers and had founded eGroups, although he was eventually sold to Yahoo due to the financial crisis.
3. A True Adventurer
Another interesting fact about Larry Page is that he is a true adventurer. His busyness in the computer field does not make him a person who continues to remain silent facing the computer screen.
In contrast, Larry often visited activities outside the home. One of them is by exercising outdoors and traveling to new places.
His favorite sport is kiteboarding, which is a surfing sport connected to paragliding. One of his favorite places to do the sport is on Necker Island, Alaska, as well as Sir Richard Branson’s private island.
Larry also loves the outdoors. With the money he made from his company, he now owns a US$45 million German-made yacht called “Senses”. It also has a private jet that you can use whenever you feel tired and want to relax.
4. Met Sergey Brin While Studying Master’s Degree
Larry Page continued his master’s at Stanford University. At the college, he met Sergey Brin. At the beginning of the introduction, they had a lot of disagreements.
It wasn’t until the following year, 1996, that Larry and Brin began working together to form a search engine called BackRub. This backrub is the forerunner of Google.
5. Ups And Downs From Backrub To Google
Initially Backrub was used to examine the process of a site linking back to other pages. From Backrub, they found that if a website has more data links to find out about something, searching the Internet can be more effective.
However, the path of establishing a company is not always smooth. Once they tried to sell BackRub to Yahoo, AltaVista, Lycos, and Infoseek, but it didn’t sell because BackRub was considered ineffective.
Eventually they developed their own Bacrub. They also changed their name to Google. The name Google itself comes from the word googol, which is a mathematical term for 1 × 10100.
6. The Story Behind A Simple Google Page
We are all of course familiar with the very simple google page. Indeed, this is intentional, because neither Larry Page nor Sergey Brin know the cascading style sheets (CSS) programming language to create attractive and sophisticated looking pages.
After all this time, they still maintain the simple appearance of Google. Another positive side, everyone who accesses Google does not take long.
7. Has A Voice Disorder
Behind his success, Larry Page turned out to have a voice disorder. His voice was getting hoarse and hoarse. Even to attend a small meeting, he needed to use a microphone so that his voice could be heard by everyone.
This had disrupted his work because several times he did not attend various events held by the company. Including meetings with shareholders and developers.
Doctors don’t yet know what caused Larry Page’s voice to disappear. However, it is estimated that Larry Page has an autoimmune disorder that causes chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland so that the longer his voice gets smaller and hoarse.
8. The Car Is Environmentally Friendly
One of the personal cars that Larry Page often uses is the Toyota Prius (a hybrid electric car). This car has been named the number one environmentally friendly car in the world because of the amount of smoke that is formed and its emissions are very small.
This Toyota Prius is the world’s first mass-produced environmentally friendly car. The first generation of the Toyota Prius sold for US$ 20,000, earning the award as an Ultra Low Emission Vehicle.
The second generation was also modified to be more environmentally friendly with air, dust and powder filters as well as humidity sensors and electric compressors.
9. Dated Marissa Mayer
Another interesting fact about Larry Page is that he once dated Marissa Mayer. At that time, Mayer was one of Google’s employees. For your information, Marissa Mayer is currently the former CEO of Yahoo.
But their love story ran ground. In the end, Page fell in love with a biomedical informatics student who is also the younger brother of actor Carrie Southworth. They married in 2007 with a very lavish party in the Caribbean islands.
10. Secretly Make Cars Fly
Larry Page secretly made an unmanned flying car. This is known because Page invested in two startups making unmanned flying cars, namely Zee.Aero and Kitty Hawk. He disbursed funds of 100 million US dollars (approximately Rp 1.3 trillion) for Zee.Aero alone.
As reported by Kompas.com, Page is serious about working on this flying car project. Not surprisingly, the second floor of Zee.Aero’s office was turned into his personal space for the smooth running of the project.