Tuesday 1 March 2016

The achievement of the entrepreneur

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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