George Bell rejected Page and Brin’s $1 million price for Google.
Google+ has been emerged as the 2nd MOST VALUABLE brand in the world (behind Apple Inc.) in 2013, 2015, and 2016, with a valuation of $133 billion.
Co-founders of Google company Larry Page and Sergey Brin were ready to sell their company for under $1 million in year 1999 to internet portal Excite.
At a recent techCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures, recollected a story from the times when he backed Excite, one of the original Internet portals. Particularly, he spoke for a short time about the time they failed to acquire Google.
He said he had “a lot of interesting discussions” with Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at the time. The story goes that after Excite CEO George Bell rejected Page and Brin’s $1 million price for Google.
Now, according to Interbrand’s annual Best Global Brands report, Google has been the second most valuable brand in the world (behind Apple Inc.) in 2013, 2015, and 2016, with a valuation of $133 billion.
