Google Founders The life and Impacts of Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Emmanuel Sekyere Wayne Smith Assignment 1-4-2 Place photo here Google Founders The life and Impacts of Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Agenda Childhood Contributions Impacts on IT Gestalt in nature Developments in IT References Here are the topics I will covering in my presentation.

Larry Page’s childhood Larry Page was born on March 26, 1973 in Lancing, Michigan. His mother was a computer programming teacher. His father worked at Michigan State University as a computer science professor. Lawrence Edward Page was born in East Lancing, Michigan on March 26, 1973. Both of his parents taught in the computer field. His mother was a computer programming teacher and his father was a computer science professor at University of Michigan so Larry had lots of encouragements in learning computers at an early age. http://spicyarticles.com/2010/10/02/larry-page-bio-founder-of-google/

Larry Page’s childhood He attended primary grades at Montessori school. He graduated from East Lancing High school. He had his B.S. in computer engineering from University of Michigan. Larry attended primary school at Montessori and graduated from East Lancing High school in his home town. He pursued his bachelor of science degree from University of Michigan with computer engineering as his major. Source:http://americajr.com/news/umcommencement0503.html

Larry Page’s childhood Larry was an honors student. He was part of the University’s solar car team Larry met Sergey at Stanford University When he was studying at University of Michigan, he was an honors student and participated in the University's solar car team. Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California while they were working on their Ph.D. program in computer science. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/pag0bio-1

Sergey Brin’s childhood Sergey Brin was born on August 21, 1973 in Russia. His father was a soviet mathematician economist. His family migrated to united states in 1979. His father was a professor at University of Maryland. Sergey Brin was born in Moscow, Russia on August 21, 1973. His family migrated to United States when he was six years old. His father was a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland. http://www.realgeek.com/sergey-brin-enters-blogosphere/

Sergey Brin’s childhood Sergey attended Montessori school. He attended University of Maryland He went to graduate school at Stanford University Sergey attended Montessori school just like his friend Larry Page when he was a small child. He graduated at University of Maryland with a degree in mathematics and computer science and went to graduate school at Stanford University. http://www.russianamericanmedia.com/content_editorial.php?id=68

Contributions Larry and Sergey created Internet search engine and it started operation in 1998 The creation of Google has created thousands of jobs Gmail Google earth Larry and Sergey contributed to the Internet world by founding Internet search engine “Google” that connects different websites together to acquire information. Google has created thousands of jobs and provides free web-based e-mail service which has lots of storage space. Users are able see images of locations on earth with the help of Google earth.

Impacts on IT Organization of information Made information globally accessible Made advertising easy The creation of Google has made it possible for information to be organized and stored at a safe place and enabled easy access to information from any location. Google has also helped businesses to advertise their products to their customers from a remote location. According to Miller (2006), “In 2005, Google generated $6 billion in advertising revenues versusjust $73 million in licensing and other revenues.”

Gestalt Larry and Sergey’s contributions to information technology such as Gmail, Google earth, navigation tools, etc. prove that the ideas they put together before creating Google can be based on gestalt principles because lots of information was organized and put together as a whole

Developments in IT Google has made it possible for users to see images of the earth online. If it wasn’t for Google, it wouldn’t have been possible for businesses to advertise to their customers online in a cheapest way

References Here are the references I used Miller, M. (2006) Google pedia: The Ultimate Google Resource. Retrieved on January 23, 2011 from http://safaribooksonline.com Coombs, T., DeLeon, R., (2007) Google Power Tools Bible. Retrieved on January 23, 2011 from http://safaribooksonline.com http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/pag0bio-1 http://www.biography.com/articles/Larry-Page-12103347 http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html Here are the references I used