Sergey Brin was born this day in 1973.

He immigrated to the U.S. with his family at the age of 6.

20 years later, he started one of the world’s most successful businesses.

Learn more about his journey ???? pic.twitter.com/CqZBUR3TlD

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Brin was a math wiz.

In high school, they called him a “young Einstein.” pic.twitter.com/yoy9ZQ3eZA

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In 1998, they got their first investment: a $100,000 check.

It took some time to deposit because they had not set up a bank account.

Brin and Page had a celebratory breakfast at Burger King.pic.twitter.com/6wvELdJj7U

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Early on, they actually wanted to sell Google for $750,000.

They were rejected.

And so the journey continued… pic.twitter.com/pWrxekwdUk

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In Google’s early years, Brin still enjoyed some anonymity.

In 2000, he was on a game show where panelists had to guess who was the real founder of Google.

Nobody picked him.pic.twitter.com/Gzv4dwo7LK

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As Google grew, Brin always seemed most excited about what was next.

Here he is explaining an early version of Google’s mobile search technology:pic.twitter.com/O97yhhRE7j

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5 years later, he enlisted skydivers to help demo Google Glass in real-time:pic.twitter.com/TNXonWwMyE

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Sergey Brin’s advice to others?

~ take chances

~ pursue your dreams

~ down out the naysayers pic.twitter.com/K66l8S71io

— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) August 21, 2022