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== Personal life == In the early 2000s, Page briefly dated [[Marissa Mayer]], American business leader and former CEO of [[Yahoo!]], who was a Google employee at that time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2013/aug/31/observer-profile-sergey-brin-google-guru |title=Sergey Brin: the Google guru's search for love |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=August 31, 2013 |last=Rushe |first=Dominic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818012707/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2013/aug/31/observer-profile-sergey-brin-google-guru |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-harassment-andy-rubin.html |title=How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the 'Father of Android' |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 25, 2018 |first1=Daisuke |last1=Wakabayashi |first2=Katie |last2=Benner |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903113809/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-harassment-andy-rubin.html |archive-date=September 3, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> On February 18, 2005, Page bought a {{convert|9000|sqft|-1}} [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture]] house in [[Palo Alto]], California, designed by American artistic [[polymath]] [[Pedro Joseph de Lemos]], a former curator of the Stanford Art Museum and founder of the Carmel Art Institute, after the historic building had been on the market for years with an asking price of [[United States dollar|US$]]7.95 million. A two-story [[stucco]] archway spans the [[driveway]] and the home features intricate stucco work, as well as stone and tile in California [[Arts and Crafts movement]] style built to resemble de Lemos's family's castle in Spain. The [[Pedro de Lemos House]] was constructed between 1931 and 1941 by de Lemos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news_features/real_estate/fall2003/interesting.php|title=Fall Real Estate 2003 β Palo Alto Online -|work=paloaltoonline.com|access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314065737/http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news_features/real_estate/fall2003/interesting.php|archive-date=March 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5032163/larry-pages-7-million-manse |title=Larry Page's $7 million manse |author=Jackson West |work=Gawker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208060525/https://gawker.com/5032163/larry-pages-7-million-manse |archive-date=February 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cawarchitects.com/content.php?id=WAO&ct=HS|title=Cody Anderson Wasney Architects β Waverley Oaks (Hacienda De Lemos)|work=cawarchitects.com|access-date=February 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220062452/http://www.cawarchitects.com/content.php?id=WAO&ct=HS|archive-date=February 20, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/real_estate/1999_Feb_5.HOME05.html|title=Persevering to preserve the past|work=paloaltoonline.com|access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802110003/http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/real_estate/1999_Feb_5.HOME05.html|archive-date=August 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastheritage.org/Articles/deLemos.html|title=Hacienda de Lemos|work=pastheritage.org|access-date=February 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208071420/http://www.pastheritage.org/Articles/deLemos.html|archive-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It is also on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/80000863_text|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pedro de Lemos House|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=|date=|accessdate=October 18, 2023|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201182638/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/80000863_text|url-status=live}} With {{NRHP url|id=80000863|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}</ref> In 2007, Page married Lucinda Southworth on [[Necker Island (British Virgin Islands)|Necker Island]], the Caribbean island owned by [[Richard Branson]].<ref name="marriage">{{cite news|author=Amanda Beck|author2=Gary Hill|date=November 13, 2007|title=Google founder Larry Page to marry|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSN1360879220071114|url-status=live|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216195837/http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSN1360879220071114|archive-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref> Southworth is a research scientist and the sister of American actress and model [[Carrie Southworth]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Woman|first1=Urban|date=October 21, 2020|title=All You Need To Know About Lucinda Southworth|newspaper=Urban Woman Magazine|url=https://urbanwomanmag.com/lucinda-southworth/|access-date=April 18, 2021|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418221922/https://urbanwomanmag.com/lucinda-southworth/|url-status=live}}</ref> Page and Southworth have two children, born in 2009 and 2011 respectively.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ryan Tate|date=November 6, 2009|title=Another Google Heir Is Born|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/import/another-google-heir-is-born-2009-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531001927/http://www.businessinsider.com/import/another-google-heir-is-born-2009-11|archive-date=May 31, 2013|access-date=May 15, 2013|work=Business Insider|publisher=Business Insider, Inc}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Larry Page Fast Facts|publisher=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/08/us/larry-page-fast-facts|url-status=live|access-date=June 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703030058/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/08/us/larry-page-fast-facts|archive-date=July 3, 2013}}</ref>[[File:Luxury yacht Senses 2.JPG|thumb|Page's [[superyacht]] ''Senses'', docked in [[Helsinki]]]] In 2009, Page began purchasing properties and tearing down homes adjacent to his home in [[Palo Alto]] to make room for a large [[ecohouse]]. The existing buildings were "deconstructed" and the materials donated for reuse. The ecohouse was designed to "minimize the impact on the environment." Page worked with an [[arborist]] to replace some trees that were in poor health with others that used less water to maintain. Page also applied for Green Point Certification, with points given for use of recycled and low or no-VOC ([[volatile organic compound]]) materials and for a roof garden with [[solar panels]]. The house's exterior features [[zinc]] [[cladding (construction)|cladding]] and plenty of windows, including a wall of sliding-glass doors in the rear. It includes eco-friendly elements such as [[permeable paving]] in the parking court and a pervious path through the trees on the property. The {{convert|6000|sqft|-1}} house also observes other green home design features such as [[organic architecture]] building materials and low [[volatile organic compound]] paint.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5184208/googles-larry-page-goes-on-eco-friendly-construction-rampage |title=Google's Larry Page Goes on Eco-Friendly Construction Rampage |author=Owen Thomas |work=Gawker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208071422/https://gawker.com/5184208/googles-larry-page-goes-on-eco-friendly-construction-rampage |archive-date=February 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2009/03/20/larry-page-to-build-new-eco-friendly-house-in-palo-alto/|title=Larry Page to Build New 'Eco-Friendly' House in Palo Alto|work=On The Block|access-date=February 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208073653/http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2009/03/20/larry-page-to-build-new-eco-friendly-house-in-palo-alto/|archive-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12041314|title=Google's Larry Page building eco-friendly compound in Palo Alto|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=March 31, 2009|access-date=February 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208071629/http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12041314|archive-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2009/03/20/google-exec-plans-6000-square-foot-home|title=Google exec plans 6,000-square-foot home|work=paloaltoonline.com|date=March 20, 2009 |access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912193535/https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2009/03/20/google-exec-plans-6000-square-foot-home|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, Page bought the $45-million {{convert|193|ft|adj=on}} [[superyacht]] ''Senses''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/yachts-owned-by-tech-execs-richard-branson-larry-page-larry-ellison-2019-3?op=1#page-owns-a-yacht-named-senses-a-45-million-194-foot-boat-that-he-bought-in-2011-from-a-new-zealand-businessman-the-yacht-has-a-private-beach-club-with-a-jacuzzi-and-sun-beds-both-indoor-and-outdoor-dining-areas-and-a-helicopter-pad-8|title=From basketball courts to floating helipads, here are the luxury yachts owned by some of the wealthiest people in tech|publisher=Business Insider|date=February 26, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2020|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417192536/https://www.businessinsider.com/yachts-owned-by-tech-execs-richard-branson-larry-page-larry-ellison-2019-3?op=1#page-owns-a-yacht-named-senses-a-45-million-194-foot-boat-that-he-bought-in-2011-from-a-new-zealand-businessman-the-yacht-has-a-private-beach-club-with-a-jacuzzi-and-sun-beds-both-indoor-and-outdoor-dining-areas-and-a-helicopter-pad-8|url-status=live}}</ref> Later on, Page announced on his [[Google+]] profile in May 2013 that his right [[vocal cord]] is paralyzed from a cold that he contracted the previous summer, while his left cord was paralyzed in 1999, and that the doctors were unable to identify the exact cause.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pepitone|first=Julianne|title=Google CEO Larry Page has vocal cord paralysis|url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/05/14/technology/google-larry-page-voice/|access-date=May 15, 2013|publisher=CNN|date=May 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521173017/http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/14/technology/google-larry-page-voice/|archive-date=May 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The Google+ post also revealed that Page had made a large donation to a vocal-cord nerve-function research program at the Voice Health Institute in [[Boston]]. An anonymous source stated that the donation exceeded $20 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Larry Page Explains What Happened to His Voice|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-14/larry-page-explains-why-he-lost-his-voice|work=Bloomberg Businessweek|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|access-date=May 15, 2013|author=Brad Stone|date=May 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515065231/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-14/larry-page-explains-why-he-lost-his-voice|archive-date=May 15, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2013, ''[[Business Insider]]'' reported that Page's paralysis were caused by an [[autoimmune disease]] called [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]], and prevented him from undertaking Google quarterly earnings conference calls for an indefinite period.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alyson|last=Shontell|title=Larry Page Tells Wall Street This Could Be His Last Google Earnings Call for a While|date=October 17, 2013|work=[[Business Insider]]|publisher=Business Insider, Inc.|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-wont-be-doing-every-google-earnings-call-2013-10|access-date=October 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017212505/http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-wont-be-doing-every-google-earnings-call-2013-10|archive-date=October 17, 2013|url-status=live|df = mdy-all}}</ref> In November 2014, Page's family foundation, the Carl Victor Page Memorial Fund, reportedly holding assets in excess of a billion dollars at the end of 2013, gave $15 million to aid the effort against the [[Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa]]. Page wrote on his Google+ page that "My wife and I just donated $15 million [...] Our hearts go out to everyone affected."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insidephilanthropy.squarespace.com/guide-to-individual-donors/larry-page.html|title=Larry Page β Tech Philanthropists β Donors β Foundations β Inside Philanthropy|work=squarespace.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413141443/http://insidephilanthropy.squarespace.com/guide-to-individual-donors/larry-page.html|archive-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://philanthropy.com/article/Google-CEO-Larry-Page-Gave/153353|title=Google CEO Larry Page Gave $177-Million to Charity Last Month|work=The Chronicle of Philanthropy|date=March 21, 2014 |access-date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405162339/https://philanthropy.com/article/Google-CEO-Larry-Page-Gave/153353|archive-date=April 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/+LarryPage/posts|title=Larry Page β Google+|access-date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410152706/https://plus.google.com/+LarryPage/posts|archive-date=April 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11/10/google-ceo-larry-page-donate-millions-to-ebola-fight-virus-outbreak-save-the-children-doctors-without-borders/|title=Google, CEO Larry Page Donate Millions To Ebola Fight|work=cbslocal.com|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180630/http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11/10/google-ceo-larry-page-donate-millions-to-ebola-fight-virus-outbreak-save-the-children-doctors-without-borders/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2021 it was revealed that Page holds a [[New Zealand]] resident's visa and had traveled to the country on a [[Medical evacuation|medivac]] flight from [[Fiji]] for his son's treatment in New Zealand. The flight took place on January 12, 2021. Page had been living in Fiji with his family during the duration of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wade |first1=Amelia |title=Exclusive: Google co-founder Larry Page has New Zealand residency |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/08/exclusive-google-co-founder-larry-page-has-new-zealand-residency.html |access-date=August 5, 2021 |publisher=Newshub |date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805222142/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/08/exclusive-google-co-founder-larry-page-has-new-zealand-residency.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2023, the [[Us virgin islands|US Virgin Islands]] tried several times to serve Page a subpoena in the lawsuit over [[JPMorgan Chase]]'s links to [[Jeffrey Epstein]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=USVI's Motion for Alternative Service of Subpoena on Larry Page |url=https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.591653/gov.uscourts.nysd.591653.132.0.pdf |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=storage.courtlistener.com |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504224206/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.591653/gov.uscourts.nysd.591653.132.0.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mangan |first=Dan |date=May 4, 2023 |title=Virgin Islands issued subpoena to Google co-founder Larry Page in lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over Jeffrey Epstein |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/04/google-co-founder-larry-page-can-get-jeffrey-epstein-case-service.html |access-date=May 17, 2023 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517114103/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/04/google-co-founder-larry-page-can-get-jeffrey-epstein-case-service.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Page has purchased multiple private islands across the Caribbean and South Pacific, including the [[Hans Lollik Island]] in 2014, [[Eustatia Island]], [[Cayo Norte]] in 2018, and [[Tavarua]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Confino |first=Paolo |date=February 1, 2024 |title=Google cofounder Larry Page bought a private island for $32 millionβit's at least the 5th island he owns across the globe's tropics |url=https://fortune.com/2024/02/01/larry-page-private-island-cayo-norte-5/ |work=Fortune |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240202163051/https://fortune.com/2024/02/01/larry-page-private-island-cayo-norte-5/ |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Langley |first1=Hugh |last2=Price |first2=Rob |last3=Newsham |first3=Jack |date=December 16, 2022 |title=Larry's private paradises |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-cofounder-larry-page-private-islands-carribean-south-pacific-2022-12 |website=Business Insider |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221217154723/https://www.businessinsider.com/google-cofounder-larry-page-private-islands-carribean-south-pacific-2022-12 |archive-date=December 17, 2022 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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