Google is born

Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford in 1995 and formed their partnership the following year, when they built the search engine they called BackRub, running on Stanford’s servers. It laid the groundwork for what would become Google. By creating a powerful search engine algorithm, Page and Brin hoped to efficiently organize the vast amount of data on the internet. Their approach prioritized relevant search results, giving users a more intuitive and efficient way to find information. The birth of Google was a watershed moment in the digital age, where the rise of big data was only in its infancy. Google’s early entry into big data positioned it to become one of the world’s most valuable companies nearly thirty years later.