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Google: How a Stanford Dorm Room Project Became the Most Powerful Company on Earth
Google started with a $100,000 check written to a company that did not yet exist, in a garage that its founders were renting for $1,700 a month. It is now worth over two trillion dollars, processes more searches every day than there are people on earth, and has quietly built one of the most dominant business models in the history of capitalism. Here is the full story.
SSon·Mar 18, 2026·17 min read