Ghonim seemed to view the page both as a kind of central command and a rallying point—getting people past "the psychological barrier." Ghonim insisted that neither he nor anyone else was in charge.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who shot to international prominence after being detained for 10 days in Egypt, is leaving the search company to start his own venture.

In early 2010, Wael Ghonim transitioned from computer engineer to activist through a few, brief clicks of his mouse. Outraged by the news that a fellow young Egyptian had been beaten to death by ...

Ghonim: When I went on the streets on Tuesday, on the 25th, I was like, 'Whoa, it's gonna happen.' Because the only barrier to people uprising and revolution is the psychological barrier of fear.

Google hero Wael Ghonim electrifies massive protest in Tahrir Square by promising that people "will not abandon our demand" that President Hosni Mubarak quit. Elsewhere there are signs that some ...

Ghonim, by contrast, was born around the same time Mubarak took power. He was Google's head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa when he was secretly taken by police and held in ...

Ghonim exemplifies an entire generation of patriotic, educated young Egyptians. But for all his strengths, he is not likely to become Egypt's next president, a demand made by his many followers on ...

Ghonim netted a rumored $2 million advance to publish his story, Revolution 2.0. (He plans to donate the proceeds to charity and to the families of protesters who were injured or killed.) ...

Ghonim, 31 and an almost reluctant icon in an understandably messy revolution, is careful not to credit himself or social media with much, or really anything. To nods and applause, he echoed the ...

Ghonim stressed the importance of optimism when looking at the situation in Egypt, despite recent events such as the Feb. 1 Port Said football riots, which left 74 dead.

Wael Ghonim, the Google executive still missing in Egypt, has been appointed spokesman of the country’s 6th of April opposition movement, according to CBS News.