Eric Schmidt
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1955 –
Who is Eric Schmidt?
Eric Emerson Schmidt is an American software engineer, businessman, and the executive chairman of Google. In 2013, Forbes ranked Schmidt as the 138th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $8.2 billion.
Early in his career, Schmidt co-authored the Lex analysis software program for the Unix computer operating system. From 1997 to 2001, he was chief executive officer of Novell. From 2001 to 2011, he served as the CEO of Google.
Schmidt has also served on the board of directors of Apple Inc. He also sat on the boards of trustees for both Carnegie Mellon University and Princeton University.
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- Born
- Apr 27, 1955
Washington, D.C. - Also known as
- Eric Emerson Schmidt
- Parents
- Spouses
- Wendy Schmidt
(1980 - 2011)
- Wendy Schmidt
- Children
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, Princeton University
Electrical engineering
( - 1976) - Master's Degree, University of California, Berkeley
Computer Science
( - 1979) - Doctorate, University of California, Berkeley
Computer Science
( - 1982) - Yorktown High School
(1968/09 - 1972/06)
- Bachelor's degree, Princeton University
- Employment
- Executive Chairman, Google
(2011 - ) - Chief Executive Officer, Google
(2001/08 - 2011/04) - Chief Executive Officer, Novell
(1997 - 2001) - Corporate Executive Officer and CTO, Sun Microsystems
(1983 - 1997) - PARC
( - 1983) - Zilog
( - 1983) - Bell Labs
( - 1983) - Stanford Graduate School of Business
( - 1997)
- Executive Chairman, Google
- Lived in
- Washington, D.C.
- Blacksburg
- Atherton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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