Google has appointed Dr. Larry Brilliant as Executive Director of Google.org. Dr. Brilliant has worked in the fields of international health and he will work for Google’s philanthropic activities.


Google has appointed Dr. Larry Brilliant as Executive Director of Google.org, which administers Google’s philanthropic activities. Dr. Brilliant has worked in the fields of international health and he will work for Google’s philanthropic activities.

Dr. Brilliant said, “I’m deeply honored to have been selected to direct Google.org. I have great admiration for Google’s technical contributions to society and believe that it can make an equally great impression through philanthropy”. [source]

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, said: “As Larry Page and I have said, we hope that the contributions of Google.org may someday exceed those of Google itself in terms of overall world impact by ambitiously applying innovation and significant resources to the largest of the world’s problems. Today we are excited to announce that we have found a leader that embodies that goal in spirit and in accomplishments – Larry Brilliant”. [source]

Dr. Brilliant is a physician and epidemiologist, board certified in public health and preventive medicine and a specialist in international health.

 

 

 

 

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