Larry Page
American computer scientist and businessman
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| September 2022 | Merged the Opener and Kitty Hawk aerial vehicle startups into the Wisk Aero joint venture with Boeing after the companies ceased their independent activities. |
| September 2022 | Merged the Opener and Kitty Hawk aerial vehicle startups into the Wisk Aero joint venture with Boeing after the companies ceased their independent activities. |
| January 12 2021 | Page traveled to New Zealand on a medivac flight from Fiji for his son's medical treatment. |
| January 12 2021 | Page traveled to New Zealand on a medivac flight from Fiji for his son's medical treatment. |
| 2020 | Page purchased Tavarua island. |
| 2020 | Page purchased Tavarua island. |
| December 4 2019 | Steps down from all executive positions and day-to-day roles at Alphabet Inc. along with Sergey Brin, while remaining a board member, employee, and controlling shareholder. |
| December 4 2019 | Steps down from all executive positions and day-to-day roles at Alphabet Inc. along with Sergey Brin, while remaining a board member, employee, and controlling shareholder. |
| December 3 2019 | Larry Page announced his resignation as Alphabet CEO, with Sundar Pichai taking over the role while continuing as Google CEO. Page and co-founder Sergey Brin explained the leadership change as a natural simplification of the company's management structure. |
| December 3 2019 | Larry Page announced his resignation as Alphabet CEO, with Sundar Pichai taking over the role while continuing as Google CEO. Page and co-founder Sergey Brin explained the leadership change as a natural simplification of the company's management structure. |
| 2018 | Page acquired Eustatia Island and Cayo Norte. |
| 2018 | Page acquired Eustatia Island and Cayo Norte. |
| August 2017 | Page was awarded honorary citizenship of Agrigento, Italy. |
| August 2017 | Page was awarded honorary citizenship of Agrigento, Italy. |
| October 2015 | Page was named number one on the Forbes 'America's Most Popular Chief Executives' list, as voted by Google's employees. |
| October 2015 | Page was named number one on the Forbes 'America's Most Popular Chief Executives' list, as voted by Google's employees. |
| August 10 2015 | Page announced the restructuring of Google into Alphabet Inc., becoming CEO of Alphabet while Sundar Pichai became CEO of Google Inc., with the goal of creating a more transparent and accountable corporate structure. |
| August 10 2015 | Page announced the restructuring of Google into Alphabet Inc., becoming CEO of Alphabet while Sundar Pichai became CEO of Google Inc., with the goal of creating a more transparent and accountable corporate structure. |
| July 2015 | Becomes CEO of Alphabet Inc., Google's newly formed parent organization. |
| July 2015 | Becomes CEO of Alphabet Inc., Google's newly formed parent organization. |
| 2014 | Fortune magazine named Page its 'Businessperson of the Year', calling him 'the world's most daring CEO'. |
| 2014 | Page sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, representing a significant financial loss of $9.5 billion from the original acquisition. |
| 2014 | Page purchased Hans Lollik Island in the Caribbean. |
| 2014 | Fortune magazine named Page its 'Businessperson of the Year', calling him 'the world's most daring CEO'. |
| 2014 | Page purchased Hans Lollik Island in the Caribbean. |
| 2014 | Page sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, representing a significant financial loss of $9.5 billion from the original acquisition. |
| November 2014 | Page's family foundation, the Carl Victor Page Memorial Fund, donated $15 million to aid efforts against the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. |
| November 2014 | Page's family foundation, the Carl Victor Page Memorial Fund, donated $15 million to aid efforts against the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. |
| October 2014 | Page announced a major management restructure, stepping back from day-to-day product decisions to focus on next-generation ambitious projects like Google X, Google Fiber, Nest Labs, and Calico. |
| October 2014 | Page announced a major management restructure, stepping back from day-to-day product decisions to focus on next-generation ambitious projects like Google X, Google Fiber, Nest Labs, and Calico. |
| March 2014 | Page participated in a TedX conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, discussing corporate innovation and referencing entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Nikola Tesla's approaches to invention and commercialization. |
| March 2014 | Page participated in a TedX conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, discussing corporate innovation and referencing entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Nikola Tesla's approaches to invention and commercialization. |
| September 2013 | Page launched the independent Calico initiative, a biotechnology R&D project aimed at improving human health, appointing Art Levinson as CEO and highlighting the project's goal to address illness and aging. |
| September 2013 | Page launched the independent Calico initiative, a biotechnology R&D project aimed at improving human health, appointing Art Levinson as CEO and highlighting the project's goal to address illness and aging. |
| May 2013 | Page announced that his right vocal cord was paralyzed, and he made a large donation (exceeding $20 million) to vocal-cord nerve-function research at the Voice Health Institute in Boston. |
| May 2013 | Page delivered a keynote address at the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco, expressing his vision for technological innovation and criticizing the technology sector's focus on negativity and competitive zero-sum games. |
| May 2013 | Page announced that his right vocal cord was paralyzed, and he made a large donation (exceeding $20 million) to vocal-cord nerve-function research at the Voice Health Institute in Boston. |
| May 2013 | Page delivered a keynote address at the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco, expressing his vision for technological innovation and criticizing the technology sector's focus on negativity and competitive zero-sum games. |
| January 2013 | By January, Page had consolidated Google's products, shutting down at least 70 products, features, and services while unifying the appearance of the remaining ones. |
| January 2013 | Larry Page participated in a rare interview with Wired magazine, discussing his '10X' mentality and emphasizing the importance of creating products that are significantly better than competitors. |
| January 2013 | Larry Page participated in a rare interview with Wired magazine, discussing his '10X' mentality and emphasizing the importance of creating products that are significantly better than competitors. |
| January 2013 | By January, Page had consolidated Google's products, shutting down at least 70 products, features, and services while unifying the appearance of the remaining ones. |
| May 2012 | Page introduced the Chromebook, a laptop running Google's ChromeOS, marking the company's expansion into hardware manufacturing. |
| May 2012 | Page introduced the Chromebook, a laptop running Google's ChromeOS, marking the company's expansion into hardware manufacturing. |
| 2011 | Page ranked 24th on the Forbes list of billionaires and 11th richest person in the U.S. |
| 2011 | Page bought the $45-million superyacht named Senses. |
| 2011 | Page ranked 24th on the Forbes list of billionaires and 11th richest person in the U.S. |
| 2011 | Page bought the $45-million superyacht named Senses. |
| August 15 2011 | Page announced Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, primarily to secure patents to protect Android from potential lawsuits by competitors like Apple and Microsoft. |
| August 15 2011 | Page announced Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, primarily to secure patents to protect Android from potential lawsuits by competitors like Apple and Microsoft. |
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