United StatesCo-founded it
Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin co-founded Google with Larry Page in 1998 and remains an Alphabet director; his fortune is his Alphabet stock, including Class B shares that carry ten votes each.
- Forbes estimate
- $265B
- Forbes, date not stated
- Forbes rank
- No. 5
- 30 Sep 2026
- Stake in Alphabet (Google)
- 6%
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $271B
- Bloomberg, 16 Oct 2026
- Born
- 21 Aug 1973
- Moscow, Russia
- Education
- Graduate degree
- BS in mathematics and computer science, University of Maryland, College Park; MS in computer science, Stanford University
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
Where the fortune sits
Alphabet (Google) stock
Alphabet (Google)
internet search, advertising and cloud, founded 1998
25.3% of the votes
Bloomberg: Class B and Class C shares give him 'an aggregate stake of about 6%' per April 2026 filings; the proxy shows 358,939,978 Class B shares (42.9% of Class B) and 37,469 Class A
DEF 14A (proxy statement), 6 Apr 2026
Co-founder, director and Executive Committee member
Where Sergey stands among 73
Everyone on the site, grouped by their answer. Sergey Brin is outlined.
How the fortune started
Founded it
Founded it 42
Inherited and grew it 12
Built it up 8
Inherited it 6
Through marriage 5
Industry
Technology
Technology 24
Finance 10
Several industries 9
Metals and mining 6
Retail 4
Fashion and beauty 4
Media 3
Food and drink 3
Shipping 3
Crypto 2
Oil, gas and chemicals 2
Healthcare 1
Casinos and resorts 1
Property and sports 1
Giving Pledge
Not a signer
Not a signer 61
Signed 11
Not stated 1
Education
Graduate degree
Graduate degree 24
Bachelor's degree 27
Left university without a degree 6
No university 5
Not stated 11
Role today
Chair, board or owner
Chair, board or owner 25
Runs the company 32
Founder, no executive role 8
No role 4
Retired 4
The person
- Born
- 21 Aug 1973Moscow, Russia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Lives in
- Los Altos, California, United States
- Education
- Graduate degreeBS in mathematics and computer science, University of Maryland, College Park; MS in computer science, Stanford University
- Parents
- His father, Michael Brin, was a mathematician and economist; his mother, Eugenia Brin, a NASA scientist
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Sergey Brin Family Foundation
- Lifetime giving
- $3.9BForbes, 6 Feb 2025. Forbes' estimate of lifetime charitable giving; more than $1.5 billion of it to Parkinson's research
Role and record
- Role now
- On the boardAlphabet co-founder, director and member of its Executive Committee
- Successor
- Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO since December 2019
- Public office
- Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), 2026-
- Legal record
- None found
