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It is interesting that Larry Page stays out of the spotlight so much. Everyone knows who Mark Zuckerberg is, but many probably couldn't tell you who the CEO of
by pwaivers 8y ago
It is interesting that Larry Page stays out of the spotlight so much. Everyone knows who Mark Zuckerberg is, but many probably couldn't tell you who the CEO of Google/Alphabet is.
- martythemaniak 8y agoI think everyone knows "The Google Guys" without knowing either of them.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoBut could we not flip that around? That is, Zuck goes for the limelight (why?) while his peers do not? On the other hand Dorsey isn't low profile and I don't think most (non-tech) people would recognize him. Ev Williams? Even less so. Prehaps, sometimes, it's also the media who makes or breaks public perceptions?
- wolco 8y agoHow many twitter movies have been made? The facebook movie pushed his platform higher.
- creaghpatr 8y agoFacebook got "The Social Network", Google got..."The Internship"?
- Taylor_OD 8y agoI mention this on a somewhat regular basis. Most people know nothing about Sundar while they will bring up Zuck all the time. It's odd how different the two organizations operate at the top.
- wolco 8y agoSundar isn't a founder and most will forget his name when he moves on if they ever knew. Tim Cook is more well known but will never reach Steve.
- ornitorrincos 8y agowozniak I hope
- dec0dedab0de 8y agoI think part of that is our collective fascination of young self made *illionaires, as well as the more personal interactions a user has with Facebook vs Google. Heck, I bet more people are aware of Tom from Myspace, than they are of Larry Page or Sergey Brin.
- meowface 8y agoLarry Page made his first million by 25. I can't find info about when Sergey Brin made his first million, but probably not far off from that. They definitely count as young self-made millionaires.
- nostrademons 8y agoSame time - they have equal shares in Google. "First million" probably refers to Google's first angel investment, which set a valuation on the company of maybe $10M and valued each founder's shares at probably $3-4M (I'm guessing on valuation, but this would be typical for an angel investment of $700K for a company this far along. Possibly a bit higher).
- rileyphone 8y agoIt doesn't hurt that the Zuck was the focus of a popular film.
- rifung 8y agoI imagine if you asked most people who the CEO of Alphabet is, they'd ask "What's Alphabet?"