The IITian behind Google: How Rajeev Motwani mentored Larry Page and Sergey Brin
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Rajeev Motwani, an IIT Kanpur graduate and Stanford professor, played a crucial role in mentoring Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. A leading computer scientist, he helped shape early ideas behind Google's search algorithm while building an influential academic career that impacted Silicon Valley's tech ecosystem.
In the mid-1990s, the internet was chaotic.
Web pages were multiplying every day, but finding useful information was difficult. Search engines existed, but most simply scanned pages for keywords. They did not truly understand which pages mattered.
At Stanford University, one professor was shaping the minds of students who were trying to solve this problem.
His name was Rajeev Motwani, an Indian-American computer scientist and former IITian who would later become known as one of the most influential mentors in Silicon Valley.
Among the students he guided were two PhD researchers: Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Their research project would eventually become Google.
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