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True, but Google wouldn't have even been launchable without his family's connections to Sun Microsystems founder Andy Bechtolsheim and his $100k angel investmen

True, but Google wouldn't have even been launchable without his family's connections to Sun Microsystems founder Andy Bechtolsheim and his $100k angel investment. Mark Zuckerberg is a more apt comparison. With all of the money and privilege he had growing up, he'd better be changing the world.

pg 18y ago
Neither had family connections to Bechtolsheim that I know of. Where did you hear that?
- anamax 18y ago
  Stanford CS "family". Without knowing the story (but knowing some of the players), I'd guess that David Cheriton is also involved.
  - ajju 18y ago
    Stanford CS is a "family" you don't have to be born into. You can get into Stanford by being good.