Lawrence Edward Page is an American businessman and computer scientist who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. Page is a centibillionaire and among the richest people in the world. As of 2026, Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes estimated his net worth at US$334.
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Larry Page is a co-founder of Google and former chief executive of Alphabet whose continuing voting power makes him an important governance figure even after leaving day-to-day executive management. Page’s influence comes from both company-building history and corporate control. When he and Sergey Brin stepped back from executive roles in 2019, Alphabet said Sundar Pichai would become chief executive while the founders would remain board members, shareholders and co-founders. The documented institutional setting matters because formal position determines which outcomes can reasonably be connected to an individual and which belong to a larger government, party, organization or social movement. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Alphabet filing (opens in a new tab) provides the primary anchor for that role and period. Read in that context, the useful question is not whether Larry Page was simply prominent, but what authority, leverage or responsibility the record actually placed in their hands. That distinction is necessary before assessing outcomes, because visibility can be much broader than decision-making power and because many public events involve several institutions acting at the same time.