Google had been praised as Top 100 Search Engines and Web
Sites at 1998 by PC Magazine. In 1999, it also been awarded the Technical
Excellence Award for Innovation in Web Application. In 2000, Webby Award and
People's Voice Award for technical achievement was earned by Google. In 2001,
it was awarded Best Image Search Engine, Outstanding Search Service, Best
Design, Best Search Feature at the Search Engine Watch Awards and Most
Webmaster Friendly Search Engine. In 2002, Lawrence Page was named by World
Economic Forum as Global Leader for Tomorrow. Along with Brin, he was named by
the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Technology Review publication
as one of the top 100 innovators around the world that under 35 age, as part of
its yearly TR100 listing, after 2005 it changed to "TR35".
In 2003, IE Business School given a MBA (Master of Business
Administration) to Lawrence Page and Brin in an honorary capacity, "for
embodying the entrepreneurial spirit and lending momentum to the creation of
new businesses.". In 2004, they were elected Fellows of the Marconi Foundation
at Columbia University and also received the Marconi Foundation's prize. John
Jay Iselin which is the Foundation's president had congratulated them for
"their invention that has fundamentally changed the way information is
retrieved today." while announcing their selection. In 2003, for the EY
Entrepreneur of the Year Award, they were also get Award Recipients and
National Finalists.
In 2004, Lawrence Page was chose by X PRIZE as a trustee of
their board and he was elected the National Academy of Engineering. In 2005, Lawrence
Page and Brin were elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
In 2008, in the Princess of Asturias Awards, he received the
Communication Award from King Felipe on behalf of Google. In 2009, the University of Michigan give him an honorary
doctorate during a graduation commencement ceremony. In 2011, on the Forbes
list of billionaires, he was ranked 24th and become the 11th richest person in
the US. In 2015, Google is "the most influential company of the digital
era." was stated in his "Powerful People" profile on the Forbes
site.
July 2014, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index had listed him
as the 17th richest man in the world and estimated net worth of $32.7 billion.
At the end of 2014, he had named as "Businessperson of the Year" and
declaring as "the world’s most daring CEO" by Fortune magazine. In October 2015, he was named number one in Forbes'
"America's Most Popular Chief Executives" with the vote by its
employees.
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