"If there ever was an employee who carried the water for Google, it's Craig Silverstein, employee No. 1, technology director and loyal chanter of the search company's 'don't be evil' mantra. Silverstein, 31, left his doctoral studies at Stanford University in 1998, joining school chums Sergey Brin and Larry Page in a nearby garage to build the now famed search engine. It turned out to be a wise diversion, too, now that the search company is poised to raise $2.7 billion in one of the hottest tech initial public offerings since 2000. " [IMG] Link: Google's man behind the curtain[1] -- Posted by Marcus Landstrom to Gimlet Blog[2] at 5/11/2004 12:33:03 AM --- Links --- 1 http://news.com.com/2008-1024_3-5208228.html?tag=nefd.lede 2 http://www.gimlet.se/blog/index.html