Larry Page

The majority of Page's fortune is held in Google, the publicly traded search engine company he co-founded with Sergey Brin in 1998. Page is the company's CEO, a title he claimed from billionaire Eric Schmidt in 2011. Together, Brin and Page own about 16 percent of the company. Page has sold more than $3.5 billion of Google stock since 2004.

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Bill Gates Retakes World’s Richest Title From Carlos Slim

Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest person.
Google Glasses Quizzed Over Snooping by U.S. Lawmakers

U.S. lawmakers asked Google Inc. to explain how the company will protect the privacy of people viewed by those wearing the company’s Web-enabled eyeglasses.
Five Google I/O Announcements That Matter Outside Silicon Valley

Following Google’s marathon news conference yesterday, the convention center in San Francisco was buzzing over the new streaming-music service and the Galaxy S4 phone without the modified Android software from Samsung Electronics, which is unpopular among some geeks.
Google Rises as Page Updates Music to Maps Services

Google Inc. shares rose to a record after the company unveiled a subscription music-streaming service and overhauled its online maps, part of several product updates aimed at attracting more users and advertisers.
Google’s Page Describes Speech Malady, Funds Research

Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page disclosed a health condition that can result in hoarse speech and labored breathing, though according to doctors won’t impede him from running the Web-search provider.
Sandberg Delay in Lawsuit Deposition Must End, Judge Says

Lawyers who want to interview Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg as part of lawsuit alleging that seven technology companies broke antitrust laws should seek a court order compelling her to cooperate, a federal judge said.
Google Stirs Political Uproar With 'Palestine' Tagline

(Updates with additional comments from Zeev Elkin in 8th paragraph.)
Tesla CEO Talking With Google About ‘Autopilot’ Systems

Elon Musk, the California billionaire who leads Tesla Motors Inc., said the electric-car maker is considering adding driverless technology to its vehicles and discussing the prospects for such systems with Google Inc.
Motorola Buy Delivers Google More Heartbreak Than Help

Google Inc.’s $12.4 billion purchase last year of mobile-phone pioneer Motorola Mobility Holdings partly for its trove of more than 17,000 patents is showing signs it wasn’t much of a bargain.
Google's Overhauled Search Page Has New Tools, New Look

Every day, 268 million people use Google Inc. tools to search for something. The query goes in, the company’s software delivers back the most relevant links.