Third Google founder emerges
CREATING GOOGLE is certainly something we would all put our names to if we had the choice – but is the latest to make this claim telling the truth?
Hubert Chang claims that, alongside co founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, he created Google in 1997.
Chang has recorded a video explaining that he was indeed part of the creation team, giving his reasons as to why he has never been recognised for this feat of genius.
The video was uploaded back in 2007, but has started circulating tech sites in a big way since last Tuesday. In the clip, Chang explains, "After viewing this tape, some people might think I'm lying, some might think I'm crazy, some might be upset, while others will consider I'm honest. But the tape has to be made."
Chang also speaks of how he was introduced to Page and Brin in 1997 by Stanford computer science professor Rajeev Motwani, he claims it was shortly after this introduction that the three of them began to collaborate on the search engine.
However, when Larry and Sergey asked him in September 1997 if he would like to put his name on the academic paper that first described Google's Web page ranking system, Chang declined. He says this was in order to focus on his PhD dissertation at NYU – bet he has regretted that one ever since.
Chang says that after completing his PhD he tried to contact Page and Brin, but heard nothing at all from them – which was what gave him the idea of recording this video. “It’s been ten years, and I think this information needs to be known."
What’s unclear is why he has taken so long to tell the rest of the world this information, and why he’s not pushing harder than a few emails to get in contact with them.
So, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we’ll leave you know to decide your verdict. µ
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Love the name, "hubert" chang.
I see that google has a contest in which you send an idea that a billion people can use and they invest '10 million dollar' in the contest. 
From that I conclude google was hit rather hard by these stressing economic times when they can only afford 10 million now, which they used to toss out of the window every hour just to for the amusement of seeing the bills dance in the wind.
And since 10 million is now a lot for them I guess they don't want to hear from a 3rd person to share their meagre earnings with, so try later hubert, once google HQ moved to china maybe.
Even if he is telling the truth, he's also saying that he was offered a place and he gave it up.

Well buddy, the train has left and you're on the sidelines now. It's your own fault that you have no stake in the billions that are being reaped.

I call shenanigans. If this guy did indeed do enough work to have his name cited as co-founder, then just adding his name to the list would hardly be an issue for studying his PhD - the harm was done before that.

Of course, now that Google is a billion-dollar company, it's totally understandable that he misses his share of the dough.
He can go on missing it.
I remember working day and night without any sleep for months on that paper with Larry and Sergey. And when they were going to publish it in September 1997, they asked me whether I'd like my name in it. I said "Of course I will. After all I'm the one who did 90% of the work!" And guess what they didn't include my name!

LOL
If he is indeed telling the truth it would be interesting to see if their slogan really holds up.
I'm also a co-founder of Google... Back In 1997, when I was high on LSD a pink elephant with blue dots and wearing ski googles told me that search engines would be the future, then I came up with the name... Google! Google! Google! I told Page, he invited me, but I refused because I was offered a really good position at Enron...