What are Google's 21 founding employees doing now?

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Google also grew from a small company. It had 21 employees in its early days. Now, only 7 people are still in the company, except Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Some of them became entrepreneurs and professional managers, some became investors, and some have already retired. Today, Google has become a technology giant. Let's take a look at the current situation of the early employees. The order of arrangement also represents their employee numbers.

1. Larry Page

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He has been working at Google since 1998 and is one of the co-founders and current CEO.

2. Sergey Brin

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Sergey Brin has also been working there since 1998 and is one of the co-founders, responsible for the imaginative Google X department.

3. Craig Silverstein

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He was the first employee hired by Larry and Segey, working from 1998 to 2012, first as an instructional engineer, and now at Khan Academy.

4. Heather Cairns

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Served from 1998 to 2005, *** was a human resources manager, she hired Google's first 200 employees, now an angel investor

5. Ray Sidney

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Time was 1999 to 2003, left 18 months before IPO, made a fortune, was a software engineer, is now a real estate developer, is also a triathlete and amateur pilot

6. Harry Cheung

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Joined in 1999, left at an unknown date, worked as a software engineer, is now an angel investor, and has invested in companies such as Qwiki, Badgeville, and PrePay

7. Amit Patel

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Joined in 1999, leaving date unknown, *** position unknown, he once asked to share office with then CEO Eric Schmidt, who agreed, now works at Sunfire

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8. Urs Holzle

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1999-Present: Senior Vice President of Technical Infrastructure, overseeing the design, installation, and operation of Google servers, networks, and data centers

9. Georges Harik

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From 1999 to 2005, *** served as the head of product management. He is currently an angel investor and Google Ventures consultant.

10. Salar Kamangar

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1999-Present, Senior Vice President of Product Department

11. Omid Kordestani

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1999 to present, currently serving as Senior Advisor to the CEO and Founder’s Office.

12. Steve Schimmel

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From 1999 to 2004, *** worked in the business development department. He is currently an angel investor in BackOps, Crowdrise, Roozt and Guide.

13. Rachael Chambers

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From May 1999 to October 2000, she worked as an administrative assistant and advertising sales coordinator, and is currently a project manager at Cisco. There was controversy over whether she was employee No. 13, but later the photo in the title picture confirmed her status.

14. Chris Skarakis

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From May 1999 to May 2005, *** served as the head of business development. He is currently the founder of Blip.fm and the director of Kanye West Foundation.

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15. Joan Braddi

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1999-Present, formerly Vice President of Search, currently Vice President of Partnerships

16. Susan Wojcicki

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From April 1999 to the present, as early as 1998, she rented a garage and several rooms from the newly established Google for $1,700 a month. She is currently the senior vice president of YouTube business.

17. Gerald Aigner

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From 1999 to 2006, he was a senior employee of Google, responsible for data center and network/dedicated line negotiations, hardware design and procurement, hardware and network monitoring and performance optimization. He now calls himself an "independent Internet professional"

18. Jim Reese

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From 1999 to 2005, he worked as an operations engineer and "neurosurgeon supervisor" (he was a physician) at the company. He is currently a member of the Spark Program board of directors.

19. Larry Schwimmer

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1999 to unknown (at least until 2005), *** worked as a software engineer, current status unknown

20. Kendra DiGirolamo

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From June 1999 to May 2001, *** worked as an advertising sales coordinator and is currently a business analyst at Driscoll

21. Marissa Mayer

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From June 1999 to July 2012, *** served as Vice President of Google, responsible for localization, maps and location services. He is currently the CEO of Yahoo!