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Googler Preps for Lavish Island Nuptials

Search giant's co-founder to wed in Branson's private digs before 600

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 6, 2007 8:49 AM CST

(Newser) – Google co-founder Larry Page didn’t have to use his popular search engine to scout out locations for his upcoming wedding. He just asked his best man, and fellow billionaire, Richard Branson, Reuters says. Page will wed girlfriend Lucy Southworth Saturday on Branson’s private Caribbean getaway, Necker Island. Six hundred people, including Bono, are on the guest list, Page Six reveals.

Party planners, who secured accommodations six months in advance, booked hotels on the neighboring Virgin Gorda island. To assure privacy, “They took over the island,” a source squealed, adding that Page, worth an estimated $20 billion, also hired planes to fly in guests from around the world. Page, 34, and Southworth, 27, had been dating for more than a year.

Irish singer Bono of the band  U2 is said to be on the guest list for Google co-founder Larry Page's wedding. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Irish singer Bono of the band U2 is said to be on the guest list for Google co-founder Larry Page's wedding. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)   (Associated Press)
Google co-founder Larry Page and his Stanford girlfriend Lucy Southworth, reportedly en route to Hawaii last fall, have an on-jet makeout session.
Google co-founder Larry Page and his Stanford girlfriend Lucy Southworth, reportedly en route to Hawaii last fall, have an on-jet makeout session.   (Brajeshwar (via Flickr))
Google co-founder Larry Page appears onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Google co-founder Larry Page appears onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)   (Associated Press)
Google co-founders Sergey Brin, right, and Larry Page speak with reporters in this May 10, 2006 file photo in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger,file)
Google co-founders Sergey Brin, right, and Larry Page speak with reporters in this May 10, 2006 file photo in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger,file)   (Associated Press)
Google co-founder Larry Page smiles at news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Google co-founder Larry Page smiles at news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
Richard Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)
Richard Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)   (Associated Press)
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