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- Born: April 27, 1955
- Birthplace: Washington, DC
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineer from Princeton
- Master's and PhD degrees from University of California, Berkeley
- Previously CTO of Sun Microsystems and CEO of Novell
- Joint author of the lexical analyzer lex
- Former employee of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center
- Named #1 on PC World's list of 50 Most Important People on the Web in 2007
- Ranked #129 on Forbes list of World's Richest People in 2006
- Supported Barack Obama during his campaign for the presidencyBizjournals: Obama taps Google boss for science panel (April 27, 2009)
- Appointed to President Obama's science and technology council in April 2009Bizjournals: Obama taps Google boss for science panel (April 27, 2009)
- Formerly a member of Apple's Board of Directors http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/08/...
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Eric Schmidt is Chairman and CEO of Google. He also sits on Princeton University's Board of Trustees. His net worth was estimated at over $6.6 billion in 2008. myDanwei: Eric Schmidt Stock Trade Records Schmidt lives in Atherton, California with his wife Wendy Schmidt.
On August 3, 2009, Schmidt resigned from Apple's Board of Directors. He left because he had a conflict of interest in many of Apple's businesses, particularly Google's Android and Google Chrome OS competing with Apple's iPhone OS and Mac OS X. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/08/03bod.html BusinessWeek is reporting that Schmidt accepted no salary or stock for his service on Apple's board. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc2009086_636640.htm
Professional Profile
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- Software Manager, Sun Microsystems
- CEO, Novell
- Board Member, Apple
Science and Technology Council
In April 2009, President Barack Obama created a special council to advise him on matters of science and technology. Google CEO Schmidt joined the council along with Microsoft chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie. Schmidt was a supporter of Barack Obama during his campaign for president.Bizjournals: Obama taps Google boss for science panel (April 27, 2009)70/20/10 Model
Eric Schmidt pioneered the 70/20/10 Model while at Google. The model is geared to cultivate innovation. It's made up for the follow directives:- 70% of time should be dedicated to core business tasks
- 20% of time should be dedicated to projects related to the core business
- 10% of time should be dedicated to projects unrelated to the core business
FTC Antitrust Announcement
The Federal Trade Commission announced in May 2009 that they have launched a probe to determine whether or not having businessmen Eric Schmidt and Arthur Levinson serve on the boards of both Google and Apple violates the 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act which bars executive directors from serving on the boards of two competing companies.MarketWatch: Google, Apple boards probed by regulators (May 5, 2009) On August 3, 2009, Schmidt resigned from his position of Apple's board.-
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Eric Schmidt Questions
Tech headline of the day: Feds Probe Eric Schmidt. OUCH! How many feds does it take to probe the Google CEO? 1 AnswerGoogle has been skating on thin ice lately regarding antitrust issues. That is what the feds have been looking into Google about. There is the issue of paid sea... read more
Google was a top contributor to the Obama campaign and then Eric Schmidt becomes a tech advisor to White House. Any thoughts? 1 AnswerTo the victors go the spoils. That's just the way it has always been. But to be honest Eric Schmidt probably is a good choice anyways. Good Luck! read more
Will Robin Swicord and Eric Roth win for Best Adapted Screenplay? 2 AnswersI think they stand a good chance to win. They both have a lot of talent and I think that is reflected in their work. I like film though and am far from unbiased... read more
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@paulpinfield Ceo of the decade $goog Eric Schmidt!
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What Eric Schmidt Meant When He Said Google Wasn't Holding $500... http://tinyurl.com/yl5ywfy
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RT @Wslash: クラウド豆知識「クラウドコンピューティング」という言葉を最初に言ったのはGoogleのEric Schmidtではない。
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