Sergey Brin Shares His Story of Life
Posted at 12:43pm EST on 10/26/2009
Sergey Brin runs his own blog, but rarely does he ever update it. His latest blog post, however, is a great post about the story of his life and moving over to the United States of America.
It’s truly incredible to see how far Brin has come from when he first arrived in the USA.
Here’s a little excerpt from his post to give you an idea of what it’s about.
The journey to get here was challenging. Just applying to leave the Soviet Union branded us with a scarlet letter — my father lost his job and we received visits from the police. However, after nine months in this status we were able to make our way to Austria and then France where we stayed for four months waiting for our American visas. With few real possessions and no steady income, times were hard but there were people who helped us all along the way. Finally, we landed in New York on October 25th, 1979. Thanks to many organizations and individuals, we were able to start life anew in this land.
Click here to read the full article.
There is also a NY Times article that ran, talking about Brin and how he is giving back to the organizations that first helped him.
Dataflurry
Oct 29th, 2009
I just read his bio on wikipedia about a week ago. Everything was very tough for him to get to where he currently is, and I am really happy to see a guy like him succeed.