Larry Page and
Sergey Brin, Founders of Google.com, Credit Their Montessori
Education For Much Of Their Success On Prime-Time Television
Tonight on the Barbara Walters ABC-TV Special "The
10 Most Fascinating People Of 2004" Larry Page
and Sergey Brin, founders of the popular Internet search
engine Google.com, credited their years as Montessori
students as a major factor in behind their success.
Having been friends since childhood. When Barbara Walters
asked if the fact that their parents were college professors
was a factor behind their success, they said no, that
it was their going to Montessori school where they learned
to be self-directed and self-starters. They said that
Montessori allowed them to learn to think for themselves
and gave them freedom to pursue their own interests.
This endorsement comes in the same week as actress
Susan St. James thanked the Montessori school that her
son attended for its generosity and support to their
family over the years.
The following notes
about Larry Page and Sergey Brin were downloaded from
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ 12/8/2005
"Larry Page and Sergey Brin are not your typical
billionaires. In fact, if you type billionaire into
Google, the picture that emerges — fancy cars,
private jets, mansions, jewels, supermodel girlfriends
— isn't anything you'd find in the lifestyle of
the Google guys. Page drives a Prius, which costs around
$21,000. Brin gets around for the most part on in-line
skates, and he still lives in a rented apartment.
Since taking Google public earlier this year, each is
worth an estimated $6 billion. Even the way they took
their company public was innovative. They let ordinary
people bid on shares in their initial public offering,
not just the big banks, because they thought it was
fairer.
In fact, they see their work as more of a vocation than
as a means of getting rich. "We feel like we're
making a difference in the world — giving people
information that they want really quickly and effectively,"
Page said."
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