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Larry Page holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford, according to Wikipedia.

But didn't he intend to obtain the PhD when he went to Stanford? I once read a long interview with him, and I believe that PhD was his goal. I am not sure, though.

His Stanford web page (http://infolab.stanford.edu/~page/) identifies him as a "Ph.D. student".

I assume he took a leave of absence, then.

That's what I've heard. My point was that at least at some point he was calling himself a "Ph. D. student" -- his goal was a Ph. D., not a Masters degree.

And while I'm on the subject, Sergey Brin also still has a Stanford web page (http://infolab.stanford.edu/~sergey/), which helpfully informs us that "Currently I am at Google."

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