St Lawrence of Google; Face value.(Larry Page)

Economist (US), The, January, 2006

Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, has always wanted to change the world. He is well on his way

DOES Larry Page ever get vertigo when contemplating his life and future? After all, Mr Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google, the world's most popular internet search engine, can legitimately claim to have caused an information and media revolution. At 32, they are already worth far more than $10 billion each and fly around in their own Boeing 767. Bill Gates fears them; others in the industry admire or envy them, and some seem to consider them capable of anything. Expectations are dizzyingly high.

"It's not a good thing to think about," said Mr Page behind the stage after his keynote address in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)...

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