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Hubert Chang - third Google co-founder?



By Staff Reporter
30 September 2008 @ 6:49 am IST

New Delhi - Hubert Chang may not be a name familiar to you but if his claims are true, then hold your breath: Google has three co-founders and not two.


Google founders Larry Page (left) and Sergey Brin and (inset) Hubert Chang
Google founders Larry Page (left) and Sergey Brin help introduce the new T-Mobile G1 phone by Google, which is manufactured by Taiwan-based HTC, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, in New York, and (inset) Hubert Chang. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor`s $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. (AP Photo)
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In a video message posted in Vimeo.com, a video-centric social networking site, Hubert Chang claims he is one of the co-founders of Google, alongside Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Chang said he helped Page and Brin come up with the name Google way back in 1997 and even helped them set up the PageRank, Google's business model.

However, instead of jumping into the new venture, Chang said he chose to pursue his Ph.D. at New York University (NYU).

Chang claims that in 2002 he got in touch with Page and Brin and told them of his interest in getting involved with Google. However, he said, he was snubbed.

Chang said he is aware that many people would think of him as insane or a gold-digger or as someone who wants his two seconds of fame. "After viewing this tape, some people might think I'm lying, some might think I'm crazy, some might be upset, while others will consider I'm honest. But the tape has to be made," he said.

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