Google's $1,000 Stock Means Billions to Founders' Bank Accounts

It's a good time to be Sergey Brin or Larry Page

$1,000. Google’s stock price hit its all-time high today, making the rich founders even wealthier. Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin each saw their fortunes rise more than $250 million today as shares topped the four-figure threshold.

Google is racing higher because it made more money than Wall Street analysts predicted for the third quarter. Still, while the stock price is rising, the price of ads is going down. The company is making less money for each click on a Google ad.

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