Sergey Brin or Brin Sergey? I always seem to get it wrong, because I'm not in any way Soviet related.
Thanks for the comment Logos. I love Mr Brin, maths genius, always occupies the high moral ground, when everything about his ilk would suggest that he won't.
You probably know this story.
Back in 9/11, he and Larry Page were sitting on a plain as day 64bit server when nearly every broadcast channel in the country crashed down around them. They cranked up their box and aimed it at the whole country, and turned out to be the whole world. Google News was born. By the next day, they were No.1 on the internet, and they have stayed that way ever since.