I can't find any news about him since he left Google.
Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?
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#2Retired, I presume. Sometimes people just want to spend time with their kids and not have to work all the time. And I'm sure he talks to Sundar Pichai all the time, Alphabet/Google was his baby afterall.
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#3Having had a high profile in a much smaller community, it can be nice to be forgotten for a while :)
Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?
#4Retired, I presume. Sometimes people just want to spend time with their kids and not have to work all the time. And I'm sure he talks to Sundar Pichai all the time, Alphabet/Google was his baby afterall.
He also probably has a lot more time to think about interesting problems now as opposed to 24/7 managing what's basically a giant utility.
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#5He used Google+ a lot.
Somewhere there's an archive of his old posts.
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#6My guess, which is just a guess, is that the founders got tired of Google Search and advertising and Android and mobile hardware and privacy issues and regulatory issues so much that the “don’t be evil” motto was glaring at their faces and made them uncomfortable enough to step aside and let others run the show (or run things into the ground). This must have allowed them to enjoy their riches in relative peace.
Sometimes the things you create grow way beyond your capacity to handle and become soul crushing endeavors that bear little resemblance to the early years of adventure, fulfillment and satisfaction in serving others, and the wise thing to do would be to step aside and preserve your sanity and peace of mind.
Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?
#7He's still a board member, and if I remember correctly he moved over to the Moonshot factory (X).
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#8It's funny how Larry Page very much seems to like his privacy these days... after taking it from everyone else.
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#9It was clear years ago that neither he nor Brin were interested running Google day-to-day anymore. I'm actually surprised that every billionaire doesn't do the same after reaching a certain point of success.
Like..is calling the shots at Facebook really that big a deal that Zuckerberg spends his life being dragged from one mess to another, put in front of Congress every other week, criticized across the political spectrum (which is an achievement in itself)? Does he really not want to take his $110B and do...literally whatever he wants in peace for the rest of his life? Or is it just that he cannot bring himself to trust anyone enough to hand over the reins of Facebook?
Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?
#10It's funny how Larry Page very much seems to like his privacy these days... after taking it from everyone else.
this must be the classic Oxymoron in the dictionary!