The 49-year-old Russian-born American Sergey Brin is a business mogul, internet entrepreneur, and computer scientist famous for co-founding the world’s leading search engine operator, Google alongside his college colleague Larry Page. 

Who is Sergey Brin?

On August 21, 1973, the Google co-founder legally known as Sergey Mikhailovich Brin was born in Moscow, Russia as one of the two children sons of Russian Jews, Mikhail Brin, and Eugenia Brin.  Sergey Brin migrated to the United States of America with his family on October 25, 1979, at a time when he was only six years old. He first had his education at Paint Branch Montessori School before homeschooling. Moving forward, he enrolled in Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Maryland to have his high school education and then got an admission study Bachelor of Science from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland in 1990 where he graduated in 1993 with honors in computer science and mathematics. Eventually, he was admitted to Stanford University to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science. It was during his studies at Stanford that he encountered Larry Page whom he partnered to create the search engine Google. 

Sergey Brin’s parents: Michael Brin

Michael Brin, aged 75 rose to the limelight for having relations with the American business magnate Sergey Brin as his father. Michael is a former professor at the University of Maryland where he taught mathematics as well as a specialist in dynamical systems. 

What nationality is Michael Brin?

The retired mathematician is a Russian who migrated to the States with his family in 1979.

What does Michael Brin do?

Michael Brin is known widely for being a retired professor in mathematics at the University of Maryland and a specialist in dynamical systems. He’s also the author of the book Introduction of Dynamical Systems (2002). He wrote the Introduction to Dynamical Systems South Asian Edition alongside Garrett J Stuck, a retired mathematics professor at the University of Maryland. 

Is Michael Brin still alive?

Yes. The 75-year-old Russian is still alive and kicking, and moves about with his daily activities. 

Sergey Brin’s parents: Eugenia Brin

The Russian Jewish mother of Sergey, Eugenia Brin is known for being a former research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She’s a graduate of Moscow State University just like her husband Michael. She lived in a three-room apartment in Moscow with her family in central Moscow and had taken a temporary job to wait for the family’s official exit visa to leave Russia for the States. She also stayed in Vienna and Paris alongside her family while her husband secured a teaching job at the University of Maryland. 

What nationality is Eugenia Brin?

Eugenia, also known as Genia, is a Jewish Russian. She lived most of her life in Russia and even worked there before eventually migrating to the United States with her family. 

What does Eugenia Brin do?

As it stands the former research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is an associate professor and board member of the Hebrew Immigration Aid Society. Presently, she is heading the project of digitization of the HIAS archive.

Is Eugenia Brin still alive?

Yes. Eugenia still lives even though she’s been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for a very long time, first diagnosed in 1998. The University of Maryland, School of Medicine established the Eugenia Brin Professorship in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders in 2008 after Sergey donated a whopping sum of $1 billion dollar for the facility to fund research on the disease since his mom received treatment there.