Ten years after it was founded in a Californian garage by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google has become the dominant player in the global online advertising market

Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Photograph: Ben Margot/AP

Job: co-founders, Google; president of technology, Google (Brin) president of products, Google (Page)
Age: 34 (Brin), 35 (Page)
Industry: digital media
Turnover: $16.59bn (£8.10bn)
Staff: 19,100
Salary: $1
Worth: approx %18.5bn each
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Ten years after it was founded in a Californian garage by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google has become the dominant player in the global online advertising market and one of the biggest multinational companies in the world by value.

Brin and Page return in this year’s MediaGuardian 100, having made way in last year’s list for their company’s chief executive, Eric Schmidt.

But if our 2007 panel thought the web giant’s founders had taken a less prominent role in the day-to-day running of the company, then this year’s judges said they were right back at the forefront of Google’s global activities.

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