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The crazy, eccentric, successful life of Google cofounder Sergey Brin

Dec 24, 2016, 19:52 IST

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Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesAlphabet president and Google cofounder Sergey Brin.

A little more than a year ago, Google pressed the reset button, completely overhauling its corporate structure through the formation of a brand new parent company called Alphabet.

This change comes nearly 20 years after cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin first launched Google from a dorm room in Stanford.

It's been a wild ride for both of them since, but Brin's history is especially intriguing.

Learn more about the man behind the world's most popular search engine.

Jillian D'Onfro contributed to an earlier version of this story.