Sergey Brin was born this day in 1973.
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022
He immigrated to the U.S. with his family at the age of 6.
20 years later, he started one of the world’s most successful businesses.
Learn more about his journey ???? pic.twitter.com/CqZBUR3TlD
Brin was a math wiz.
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022
In high school, they called him a “young Einstein.” pic.twitter.com/yoy9ZQ3eZA
In 1998, they got their first investment: a $100,000 check.
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022
It took some time to deposit because they had not set up a bank account.
Brin and Page had a celebratory breakfast at Burger King.pic.twitter.com/6wvELdJj7U
Early on, they actually wanted to sell Google for $750,000.
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022
They were rejected.
And so the journey continued… pic.twitter.com/pWrxekwdUk
In Google’s early years, Brin still enjoyed some anonymity.
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022
In 2000, he was on a game show where panelists had to guess who was the real founder of Google.
Nobody picked him.pic.twitter.com/Gzv4dwo7LK
As Google grew, Brin always seemed most excited about what was next.
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022
Here he is explaining an early version of Google’s mobile search technology:pic.twitter.com/O97yhhRE7j
5 years later, he enlisted skydivers to help demo Google Glass in real-time:pic.twitter.com/TNXonWwMyE
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022
Sergey Brin’s advice to others?
— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022
~ take chances
~ pursue your dreams
~ down out the naysayers pic.twitter.com/K66l8S71io