Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University in 1995 and created a search engine called Backrub in 1996 that was later renamed Google in 1997. Google launched its homepage in 1998 and redesigned its logo in 1999. It has since expanded into many other products and services, grown tremendously, and now processes over 20 petabytes of data daily with over 2,668 employees. Google aims to build the ultimate search engine that understands users' needs precisely through its technology.