Event · Search and discovery
Page and Brin meet at Stanford
In 1995 Sergey Brin, a Stanford PhD student, was one of the students assigned to show the campus to Larry Page, a prospective student from the University of Michigan. According to the company's own account, they disagreed about almost everything in that first meeting.
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1995
Larry Page meets Sergey Brin
Event · Search and discovery · Concluded
What the sources say
| Claim | Record | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1995 | 1 · Confirmed by independent sources | [2] secondary[3] secondary |
| Context | Page visiting as a prospective student; Brin among the students guiding visitors | 3 · Secondary source | [1] secondary |
| First impression | They argued about almost every topic (company's retrospective account) Statement | 3 · Secondary source | [1] secondary |
Historical captures
No archived capture has been located for this record yet.
Sources
- Google History (copy of the old corporate history page) — Google, republished on Google Groups (enewz). Source secondary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
Text attributed to the old corporate page; the original Wayback capture still needs to be located. - Google, Inc. History — FundingUniverse (International Directory of Company Histories). Source secondary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
- History of Google Search — Version Museum. Source secondary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
What still needs documenting
- Find the original corporate history page on the Wayback Machine
- Exact date of the visit
On GD
GD has followed Google since 2006. Search GD for “Larry Page Sergey Brin” (in Portuguese)
How to cite
"Page and Brin meet at Stanford", Google Museum (GD), https://gd.eurisko.com.br/museu/en/collection/page-brin-stanford-1995/, CC BY 4.0. Reviewed on November 2, 2026.
ID: page-brin-stanford-1995 · Reviewed on November 2, 2026