Google Logo and Ruth Kedar

Do you recognize this logo ?

Well sounds silly, as most of us know the most of the Google story, about the founders, about the Google Culture, innovation labs, new products and rivals and recently heard of some job layoff rumours too πŸ™‚

But do you know about Ruth Kedar ?

Ruth Kedar could have been a rich woman today. Ten years ago at Stanford University, two students asked her to create logo for their new company.

Unlike other start-up companies at the time – which offered shares in exchange for such services – these entrepeneuers believed in their company and insisted on paying for the design.

Kedar designed the logo and moved on. The two students also moved on, and while the names Larry Page and Sergey Brin may not be known to everyone, there are very few people who have not heard of their company, Google.

The logo itself has become one of the symbols of the modern Internet age.

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