Schmidt

Eric Schmidt

Eric Emerson Schmidt, born in 1955, is the former CEO of Google, the former executive chairman of alphabet (the parent company of Google), and a famous computer engineer. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Princeton University, as well as a master's and doctorate in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Eric Schmidt was CEO of Google from 2001 to April 2011. In 2001, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin hired him from Novell. Previously, he was chairman and CEO of Novell, responsible for the company's strategic planning, management and technology development. He was also a member of Apple's board of directors. Schmidt was a member of the board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University and Princeton University, and a co-author of the program compiler lex.

On April 6, 2020, Eric Schmidt ranked 70th in Hurun global top 100 entrepreneurs with a fortune of 105 billion yuan.

Personal experience

Eric Emerson Schmidt was born in 1955.

After graduation, he first worked in ziglow company and Bell Labs, the former is a famous design company of Z80 Series CPU in IT industry, and the latter is the R & D base of bell, a giant in telecom industry. He also worked in Xerox's computer science laboratory, the technology Mecca of the IT industry.

In 1983, Schmidt joined sun as chief technology officer and chief executive officer. He led the development of sun's independent programming technology platform, turning Java into the most powerful market weapon in sun's history. He actively carried out the network software strategy and laid the foundation for sun's rapid development in the early 1990s. In 1997, Schmidt was employed by Novell company as chairman and CEO, in charge of the company's strategic planning, management and technology research and development. Schmidt quickly rebuilt Novell into a profitable company, but with the collapse of the Internet bubble, Novell was plunged into a huge loss. In the quarter he left, Novell lost $142 million. Out of respect for Schmidt, Novell proposed to let Schmidt go to Google and still serve as chairman of Novell's board of directors.

When Schmidt came to Google, the company had only 200 employees and had just made a profit. Schmidt was introduced to Google by venture capitalists. Before that, he was the chairman and CEO of Novell networks. In more than two years. Schmidt made Google more than 1000 employees. He is chairman and CEO of Novell, responsible for the company's strategic planning, management and technology development. Since joining Google, Eric has focused on two aspects: strengthening the necessary infrastructure construction of the company and maintaining the rapid development of Google; ensuring that the product development cycle is minimized and the quality level is maintained.

Eric, together with Larry and Sergey, is responsible for the daily operation of Google. As an Internet strategist, entrepreneur and developer of major technologies, Eric has 20 years of successful experience. His work at Novell has brought his career to the top. Prior to Novell, Eric was the chief technology officer and executive director of Sun Microsystems, Inc. During this period, he was responsible for the development of sun's platform independent programming technology Java, and established sun's Internet software strategy. Prior to joining sun in 1983, Eric was a research fellow at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) computer science laboratory and worked at Bell Labs and ZILOG. Eric holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University and a master's and doctor's degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Personal profile

*Schmidt received his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Princeton University in 1979, and his doctorate in electrical and electronic engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982.

Schmidt was one of the first to become a billionaire as an employee (Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, was the first to do so, and he was promoted to President of Microsoft).

Forbes magazine ranked him 129th on the 2006 world rich list.

Schmidt began to serve on Apple's board of directors in August 2006, until he resigned in August 2009 due to the increasingly fierce competition between Google and apple in many core areas.

In January 2010, when asked by Newsweek whether he was ready to give up the Chinese market, Eric Schmidt said: "we may withdraw from China, or we may continue to stay in China through negotiation with China."

Eric Schmidt handed over the CEO position to Larry Page in April 2010, and then continued to be Google's executive chairman.

Life experience

Schmidt received his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Princeton University in 1979, and his doctorate in electrical and electronic engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982. He is also a co-author of the program compiler lex.

In 2001, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin hired Dr. Eric Schmidt from Novell as CEO. Together with Larry and Sergey, Eric was responsible for Google's day-to-day operations. As an Internet strategist, entrepreneur and developer of major technologies, Eric has 20 years of successful experience. His work at Novell has brought his career to the top. Google is a young and fast-growing search engine enterprise, with a unique corporate culture. Eric's rich experience can perfectly meet the development needs of Google. Under his leadership, Google's performance continued to grow at a high speed, and its stock price exceeded the $500 mark. Today, Google has become the world's largest search engine.

Schmidt was one of the first to become a billionaire as an employee (Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was the first to do so).

Forbes magazine ranked him 129th on the 2006 world rich list.

In 2008, Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google, was appointed chairman of the new America Foundation, a Washington think tank. Schmidt will take up the unpaid job on June 1, 2008.

Before 2006, Schmidt and his family set up a private California fund to support environmental protection projects and energy recycling technologies.

On January 27, 2008, Google CEO Schmidt said at the world economic forum that the mobile Internet will be the re creation of the Internet and the PC legend. It has come to us and is likely to come out in the next few years.

Create Google

Silicon Valley myth

Google, with a market value of 120 billion US dollars, has become a silicon valley myth in the new era. It's the troika: Founder Sergey Brin, Larry Page and chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt. Without the founder, there would be no Google's search technology and unique innovative spirit, and without Eric Schmidt, there would be no Google's amazing earning power and the strength to reshape the Internet pattern today.

A man of great importance

Silicon Valley people said of him: "Schmidt is absolutely a decisive person, and his rich experience can be called an old fox in the industry." After the research work of Bell Laboratories and Xerox PARC computer science laboratory, Schmidt ushered in a new peak of his career in 1983. He transferred to sun company as chief technology officer and executive director, responsible for developing sun's platform independent programming technology Java, turning Java from a frustrated work of a developer into the most powerful market weapon in sun's history . In 1997, he joined Novell as its chairman and CEO. He soon turned Novell into a profitable company and gave Novell a second life.

Schmidt said he remembers clearly when he first met with the two founders of Google in 2001: "they don't agree with me in all aspects. It's hard to know whether their views are refreshing visions or naive. " At that time, Google was quite a company

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