New Delhi: Google Inc's two billionaire founders ? Sergey Brin and Larry Page, both 32 year olds, will soon be cruising the skies in a Boeing 767 wide-body airliner.
It marks a new level of indulgence by the Google executives, who have shunned most trappings of the super-rich despite a combined net worth estimated at more than $20 billion.
Page acknowledges that the purchase might seem ostentatious. But "we tend to have an engineering approach, to be fact-based," Page said.
Aviation-industry experts estimate that the airplane, because of its age and history, cost under $15 million.
Page says he and Brin bought the plane themselves and will use it for personal travel.
Plane Facts:
The 767-200, typically an airline workhorse, is an unusual executive jet.
It commonly carries about 180 passengers. Delta Air Lines operates over one hundred 767s.
The 767-200 is almost 70 per cent longer and more than three times as heavy as a conventional executive jet, such as a high-end Gulfstream.
Page says his plane will hold about 50 passengers when its refurbishment is complete.
People in the aviation industry familiar with the planned interior say it will have a sitting area, two staterooms with adjoining lavatories and a shower.
At the rear will be 12 to 16 first-class seats for guests or employees and a large galley.
Courtesy: The Washington Post
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