- Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin each lost nearly $2 billion from their net worth after the search engine’s parent company reported lower than expected fourth-quarter revenue on Monday.
- Brin and Page announced that they were stepping down from their roles at Alphabet in December.
- With a reported net worth of $64.6 billion, former Alphabet CEO Larry Page is the seventh-richest person in the world according. Former Alphabet president Sergey Brin is No. 10, with a reported net worth of $62.3 billion.
- The pair of multibillionaires spend their fortunes on sprawling estates and trapeze lessons.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin may have only taken salaries of $1 during their time at Google, but they’re still two of the richest people in the world.
Page and Brin are a bit less rich after the search engine’s parent company reported lower than expected fourth-quarter revenue on Monday. Page’s net worth fell $1.9 billion, while Brin’s dropped $1.8 billion, according to Forbes.
Both Page and Brin are among Alphabet’s largest shareholders, valuing their combined fortune at $126.9 billion, according to the Forbes Billionaires List. In December, the billionaire pair announced they were stepping down from their posts atop Alphabet, writing that the company was “well-established” and “no longer need two CEOs and a president.“
Here’s a look at how Page and Brin made and spend their fortunes. And the question everybody is asking, who is the owner of google now?
