Bryn donated a million to the organization that helped him emigrate

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



Becoming 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 account. “Neither in the Soviet Union, nor even in today's Russia, I would never have received such opportunities as in America,” he said.



By the way, his mother Eugenia Brin now heads this charitable organization, occupying the post of director. On her initiative, a social network was launched on the HIAS website.

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



via NY Times