Google’s 27th Birthday – From a Garage Dream to Global Giant
How It All Started In September 1998, two Stanford University PhD students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin , launched Google from a garage in Menlo Park, California. Their mission was simple yet ambitious: to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. What began as a research project called “Backrub” quickly became the foundation of the internet’s most powerful search engine. The Journey So Far From that garage to being the world’s most visited website , Google has shaped the way we live, learn, and work. Today, it is far more than just a search engine—it powers email, maps, Android, Chrome, cloud computing, and AI breakthroughs like Google DeepMind and Gemini . Leadership Over the Years Larry Page (1998–2001; 2011–2015): Focused on engineering brilliance and the product vision. Eric Schmidt (2001–2011): Scaled Google into a global corporation and led its IPO in 2004. Larry Page (2011–2015): Returned as CEO, driving innovation a...