Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and software engineer. He is known for being the Executive Chairman of Google from 2001 to 2015[3] and Alphabet Inc.[4][5] from 2015 to 2017.[3]
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Born | Eric Emerson Schmidt April 27, 1955 Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma mater | Princeton University University of California, Berkeley |
Occupation | Executive Chairman |
Years active | 1982–present |
Employer | Alphabet Inc. |
Net worth | US$12.6 billion (May 2017)[1] |
Title | Technical Advisor[2] |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Wendy Boyle (m. 1980) |
Children | 2 |
In 2017, Forbes listed Schmidt as the 119th-richest person in the world, having US$11.1 billion.[6]
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Left to right, Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, 2008
Schmidt as executive chair of Google, speaking with Nik Gowing.
Schmidt during the Munich Security Conference 2018
References
- ↑ "Forbes Profile Eric Scmidt". Forbes. May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Eric Schmidt to become technical advisor to Alphabet".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Eric Schmidt is stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet". 2017-12-21.
- ↑ "Google Biography for Dr. Eric Schmidt". Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Google's Eric Schmidt Talks About How to Run the World (Not That He Wants To)". Los Angeles Times. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Forbes List of Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
Other websites
Quotations related to Eric Schmidt at Wikiquote Media related to Eric E. Schmidt at Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Schmidt on IMDb
- Mobile World Congress 2010 Keynote: Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google (February 2010)
- How Google Works (The best ideas, by TECHmED)
- Class Action employee suit naming Schmidt
- Shareholder suit naming Schmidt