Page vs Brin

The two Google founders.

The differences

Forbes puts Larry Page about $21.1B ahead of Sergey Brin.Forbes figures from 15 Oct 2026 and date not stated.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Sergey Brin has held a public or government advisory role; Larry Page has none on record.

Put someone else on either side

Page

Brin

Net worth, Forbes: $286BForbes, 15 Oct 2026; $265BForbes, date not stated
Net worth, Bloomberg: $292BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; $271BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 3Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 5Real-Time list, 30 Sep 2026
Billionaire since: 2004Listed at $1.0 billion on the 2004 Forbes World's Billionaires list; 2004First year on Forbes' billionaires list: the Los Angeles Times reported Brin and Page 'making their debut on the list' in February 2004

How it started: Co-founded itFounded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998; Co-founded itFormed Google with Larry Page in 1998
Main source: Alphabet (Google) stockForbes lists Google as the source of wealth; Alphabet (Google) stockBloomberg: 'The majority of Sergey Brin's fortune is derived from a stake in Alphabet'; Bloomberg also counts $27.9 billion in cash
Companies: Alphabet (Google)Alphabet (Google): Co-founder and director; Alphabet (Google)Alphabet (Google): Co-founder, director and Executive Committee member
Biggest stake: Alphabet (Google)6% owned; Alphabet (Google)6% owned

Born: 26 Mar 1973East Lansing, Michigan, United States; 21 Aug 1973Moscow, Russia
Country: United StatesLives in Palo Alto, California, United States; United StatesLives in Los Altos, California, United States
Education: Graduate degreeBS in engineering (computer engineering), University of Michigan; MS in computer science, Stanford University; Graduate degreeBS in mathematics and computer science, University of Maryland, College Park; MS in computer science, Stanford University
Parents: Father, Carl Victor Page, was a computer science professor at Michigan State UniversityMother's occupation not in the cited sources; His father, Michael Brin, was a mathematician and economist; his mother, Eugenia Brin, a NASA scientistCNN; Forbes says the family left Russia because of antisemitism

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Carl Victor Page Memorial FoundationForbes says more than 99% of its grants (about $1.3 billion) went to donor-advised funds; Sergey Brin Family Foundation
Lifetime giving: $0BForbes, 1 Sep 2024. About $7 million of trackable grants; excludes about $1.3 billion moved to donor-advised funds whose payouts Forbes could not track; $3.9BForbes, 6 Feb 2025. Forbes' estimate of lifetime charitable giving; more than $1.5 billion of it to Parkinson's research

Role now: On the boardAlphabet co-founder and board member; On the boardAlphabet co-founder, director and member of its Executive Committee
Successor: Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO since December 2019Alphabet reports no family relationships among its directors or executive officers; Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO since December 2019Brin left the Alphabet presidency then; Alphabet reports no family relationships among its directors or executive officers
Public office: None found; Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)2026-
Legal record: None found; None found