If you don't count Larry Page or Sergey Brin, only seven early Googlers still work for the search giant that made them rich.
Some early Google employees have become entrepreneurs. Others are angel investors. A few are happily retired.
A Quora user compiled a list of all the original Googlers.
21. Marissa Mayer joined Google as a software engineer. Now she is the CEO of Yahoo.Employed by Google from: June 1999 - July 2012
Most recent position at Google: VP, Local, Maps & Location Services
Current Company/Position: CEO, Yahoo
20. Kendra DiGirolamo joined Google as an Ad Sales Coordinator and left three years before the IPO. Now she's at Driscoll's.
Employed by Google from: June 1999 - May 2001
Most recent position at Google: Advertising Sales Coordinator
Current Company/Position: Business Systems Analyst, Driscoll's
19. Larry Schwimmer was an early software engineer at Google. He introduced Snippets, a productivity system, to Google to help it manage employees during the explosive growth period. He also drove the launch of Google Moon.
Employed by Google from: 1999 - at least 2005 (unknown)
Most recent position at Google: Software engineer
Current Company/Position: Unknown
18. Jim Reese was a former engineer at Google. He was once knocked out by a 200-pound metal beam in Google's leased data center.
Employed by Google from: 1999 - 2005
Most recent position at Google: Chief Operations Engineer (and "Head Neurosurgeon" — he was a physician before coming to Google and jokes on his LinkedIn that he performed frontal lobotomies on Thursday mornings only).
Current Company/Position: Board member for Spark Program
17. Gerald Aigner was brought in to manage Google's supply costs. Now, he's in London being an "internet professional."
Employed by Google from: 1999 - 2006
Most recent position at Google: Aigner was a member of Google's senior staff, according to his LinkedIn page. Specifically, he was in charge of the data center and internet/leased line negotiations, hardware design and purchasing, hardware and network monitoring, and performance optimizations.
Current Company/Position: Aigner now lists himself as an "Independent Internet Professional" based in London on his LinkedIn profile.
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