

This chance encounter was the happy surprise that started it all.įrom there, the two came together with a common goal in mind: to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful, a mantra that would go on to become Google’s mission statement. Of all the students on campus, Google’s other co-founder, Sergey Brin, was randomly assigned to show Page around. In 1997, one of Google’s co-founders, Larry Page, had just arrived at Stanford University to pursue his P.h.D in computer science. In fact, we wouldn’t be here without them.

They say life is full of surprises, and Google’s history is chock-full of them.
