Google's had a pretty good year. In the first quarter of 2005, it's revenue nearly doubled from a year ago; its profits increased more than fivefold; and its share price leapt from the $85-per-share valuation for last August's IPO to a whopping $223.97 at yesterday's close. Pretty good.

'Google Boys' Sergey Brin and Larry Page, worth a scant $7.2 billion last year, are now each worth more than double that at $15.6 billion. Not bad.

In the first quarter of 2005, Google earned $369 million, or $1.29 a share, compared to $64 million a year ago, or 24 cents a share. The numbers far outstripped analysts prediction of a 92-cents profit per share. Right on!

But who really cares about all this statistical mumbo-jumbo. The important thing is, IF YOU SEE EITHER OF THE GOOGLE FOUNDERS, MAKE THEM MARRY YOU. A photograph of your quarry to assist in your stalking efforts after the jump.

How High Can Google Go? [Fortune]
Google Goes All Googly [The New York Times]*
Google Gets Them Gushing [The Street]**
Golden Geeks: Google Boys Worth $31B [Sploid]***
Google "Google" [Google]****

*The real Times headline is "Google Revenue Nearly Doubles in Quarter" but I couldn't bring myself to actually type that. Boringgg!!
**I did not make this headline up, I swear. Neither did Sploid.
***Sploid made this one up.
****possibly the funnest sentence I've ever typed