Sergey Brin Donates $1 Million To Organization That Helped Him Migrate To The U.S.

Published by Tech Pundit | Filed under Tech, Technology News | October 25th, 2009

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has donated $1 million to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), the organization that played a critical role in helping his family escape anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and migrate to the States thirty years ago. The New York Times ran an article and interview with Brin about the donation this weekend, revealing that Sergey’s mother, scientist Eugenia Brin , is also a Director of the organization. In the interview, Sergey Brin notes that he and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, would like to engage “more substantially” in philanthropic endeavors, acknowledging that the $1 million donation is relatively small if you consider that fact that his personal wealth is now an estimated $16 billion according to the Times

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Sergey Brin Donates $1 Million To Organization That Helped Him Migrate To The U.S.