Brin donated a million to the organization that helped him emigrate

Sergey Brin was a happy Soviet boy when his parents took him from the USSR at the age of six. The story is well known, for an interview with Sergey's parents see here .

Having become a billionaire, Sergey Brin fully thanked the organization that helped his family emigrate thirty years ago. He transferred one million dollars to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society . “Neither in the Soviet Union, nor even in present-day Russia, I would never have gotten such opportunities as in America,” he said.

By the way, his mother Evgenia Brin now heads this charity, holding the post of director. On her initiative, a social network was launched on the HIAS website .

PS The photo was taken already in America, Sergei is eight years old.

via NY Times