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Sergey Brin: Googling billions

By founding Google, Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich. Simon Jack and Zing Tsjeng explore how the technology giant made his billions.

By founding Google, tech titan Sergey Brin helped shape the internet. He also got very, very rich, as his company Alphabet became one of the biggest in the world. 麻豆官网首页入口 business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng tell the story of the billionaire who partied on planes after escaping prejudice in Russia. Sergey Brin and his best friend Larry Page became two of history鈥檚 biggest tech giants by building the planet鈥檚 most popular search engine. How did their technology startup become one of the world's biggest companies? Simon and Zing find out, before deciding if they think he鈥檚 good, bad, or just another billionaire.

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