The Resume

(August 25, 1973- )
Born in Moscow, Russia
With Larry Page, founded Google (1998)
Net worth (2022): $92.9 billion

Why he might be annoying:

MIT turned him down for graduate school.
Despite the large number of smartphones using Google Android, he complained that smartphones are 'emasculating': 'You're standing around and just rubbing this featureless piece of glass.'
'The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley' called him 'Google's playboy,' noting that he had been caught more than once with employees in the company massage room.
One of his affairs, with marketing director Amanda Rosenberg, broke up his first marriage.

Why he might not be annoying:

He emigrated from the Soviet Union with his family when he was six.
He completed high school in three years while earning enough advanced credits to finish college in three years as well.
He and Page received the Marconi Foundation Prize, considered one of the highest awards in engineering (2004).
As part of a philosophy 'to solve really big problems using technology,' he has invested heavily in renewable energy.
He has donated $150 million to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. (Not entirely altruistic, since he was found to have a gene linked to developing Parkinson's disease.)

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Boston Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World [April 2008] (Ranked: 68)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 88]
• Computer Geeks
• I Attended Stanford
• I Attended University of Maryland
• I Became a Dad in 2008
• I Became a Dad in 2011
• I Became a Dad in 2018
• I Do Yoga
• I Gave a TED Talk
• I Married in 2007
• I Married in 2018
• I Separated from My Spouse [2015]
• I'm a Billionaire
• Playboy Interview Subjects [2000s] (Ranked: 2004)
• Profiles 54501-54750 (Ranked: 54699)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying