The majority of Brin's fortune is held in Google, the publicly traded search engine company he co-founded with Larry Page in 1998. Brin, who stepped down as president of technology in 2011 to direct the company's special projects, also oversees a large investment portfolio. He has sold more than $3.6 billion worth of Google stock since 2004.
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The Jerusalem Post has just published its annual ranking of the world’s 50 most influential Jews, and I’m sorry but also somewhat relieved to report that I don’t appear on it this year.
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Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest person.
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Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. introduced tools to integrate their services with Google Inc.’s Glass, the computerized eyewear touted by the search provider as an alternative for smartphones.
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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.
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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.
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Sergey Brin, the 38-year-old co- founder of Google Inc., is making strides in his quest to find a cure for Parkinson’s, a progressive disease his DNA and family history suggest may afflict him as early as 10 years from now.
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There are few parts of the world where Google's search engine doesn't stand a chance. China, where Baidu is dominant, is one. And Russia, where Yandex rules, is another, as my colleague Halia Pavliva reports.
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The chief executive officers of software developer Oracle Corp. and watchmaker Fossil Inc. both work for a salary of a dollar or less a year. The only difference: $96.2 million.
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Google Inc. Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora received $46.7 million in total compensation last year, more than double from a year earlier, becoming the company’s highest-paid executive, a regulatory filing shows.
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Bloomberg Markets’ inaugural list of the world’s richest people showcases the billionaires who pull the levers on the global economy. Their net worth totals $2.7 trillion, about the size of the gross domestic product of France, the fifth-biggest economy on the planet.
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