In 1999, the founders of Google actually tried to sell it to Excite for just US$1 million. Excite turned them down.
In 1999, Google Inc GOOGL founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page wanted to sell the company for less than $1 million as it was taking too much of their ‘study time’. However, the CEO of Excite.com, the company they wanted to sell Google to, rejected their offer.