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Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt is an American businessman and former computer engineer who was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also was the executive chairman of parent company Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017, and technical advisor at Alphabet from 2017 to 2020. Since 2025, he has been the CEO of Relativity Space, an aerospac…
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business · American businessman and software engineer (born 1955) · art collector · engineer · university teacher · computer scientist · businessperson · software engineer · electrical engineer · entrepreneur · also Eric Schmidt, Schmidt
Born 27 April 1955 · Q92747
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2026· 4 entries
“there has to be a trade-off between privacy concerns and functionality.”
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The Guardian: Schmidt leaves repaired Wallabies with gifts of Canham and Lonergan for Kiss | Daniel Gallan
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Public attention spiked: 8,374 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.1× the usual 1,039, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Art collection ce
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2025· 1 entry
Ritter filed a lawsuit in LA County Superior Court in an attempt to throw out their previous agreement and avoid arbitration over ongoing legal disputes
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2024· 2 entries
Bloomberg estimated his net worth to be US$37
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Schmidt was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to philanthropy
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2023· 3 entries
In 2023 and 2024, CO2 emissions from flights taken by Schmidt's Gulfstream 650 jet placed him at the top of lists of private jet owners who generated the most carbon emissions.
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And 2024, CO2 emissions from flights taken by Schmidt's Gulfstream 650 jet placed him at the top of lists of private jet owners who generated the most carbon emissions
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Schmidt was a part of an investment group led by Josh Harris that purchased the Washington Commanders, an American football team belonging to the National Football League (NFL), for $6
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2022· 1 entry
Schmidt was appointed to the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, a legislative commission charged with making policy recommendations to Congress and the Executive Branch
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2021· 2 entries
Rise began a summer program overseen by the Rhodes Trust, hosting at least 100 students per year and providing them with mentoring and funding for projects
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Schmidt co-authored The Age of AI: And Our Human Future with Henry Kissinger and Daniel Huttenlocher
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2020· 2 entries
Published “IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era” in Molecular Biology and Evolution — cited 16,553 times.
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“amplifiers for idiots and crazy people”
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2019· 2 entries
The Schmidts announced Rise, also in partnership with the Rhodes Trust, a program to provide young people interested in public service with opportunities and networks
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Reported net worth: $12.9B (as of 2019).
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2018· 1 entry
While keeping shares of Alphabet stock, worth over $5
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2017· 3 entries
Schmidt announced he would be stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet
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“Larry, Sergey, Sundar and I all believe that the time is right in Alphabet”
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The Schmidt Science Fellows program was created by the Schmidts in partnership with the Rhodes Trust, as part of a $100 million commitment to drive scientific leadership and interdisciplinary research
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2015· 3 entries
Schmidt acquired a 20% stake in D
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Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,839 times.
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In 2015, Schmidt acquired a 20% stake in D.
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2014· 4 entries
Won IEEE Founders Medal (2014).
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Schmidt had a cameo appearance in the film Dumb and Dumber To, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels
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Schmidt co-authored the New York Times best-selling book How Google Works with Jonathan Rosenberg, former Senior Vice President of Products at Google and current advisor to Google CEO Larry Page, and Alan Eagle
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Published “IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies” in Molecular Biology and Evolution — cited 24,607 times.
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2013· 4 entries
North Korea announced an indigenous smartphone, named Arirang, that may be using the Google Android operating system
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Schmidt and Jared Cohen, director of the Google Ideas think tank, published The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business, which discusses the geopolitical implications of increasingly widespr
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“true anonymity is too dangerous.”
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Schmidt stated that the government surveillance in the United States was the "nature of our society" and that he was not going to "pass judgment on that"
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2011· 2 entries
Page replaced Schmidt as the CEO
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Google announced that Schmidt would step down as the CEO of Google but would take new title as executive chairman of the company and act as an adviser to co-founders Page and Brin
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2010· 2 entries
Schmidt expressed that technology is good and that the only way to manage the challenges is "much greater transparency and no anonymity
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By Schmidt and Dror Berman, Innovation Endeavors is an early-stage venture capital firm
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2009· 2 entries
On the CNBC documentary "Inside the Mind of Google," Schmidt was asked, "People are treating Google like their most trusted friend
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Eric and Wendy Schmidt endowed the Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund at Princeton University with $25 million
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2008· 2 entries
During his tenure as Google's chairman, Schmidt campaigned for Barack Obama, and subsequently became a member of Obama's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
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Schmidt became a member of President Obama's transition advisory board and then a member of the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
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2007· 1 entry
PC World ranked Schmidt as the first on its list of the 50 most important people on the Web, along with Google co-founders Page and Brin
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2006· 2 entries
Schmidt was elected to Apple Inc
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Eric Schmidt and Wendy Schmidt established the Schmidt Family Foundation, to support the sustainable use of natural resources
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2004· 1 entry
Schmidt and the Google founders agreed to a base salary of US$1 (which continued through 2010) with other compensation of $557,465 in 2006, $508,763 in 2008, and $243,661 in 2009
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2001· 4 entries
Departed after the acquisition of Cambridge Technology Partners
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Under the guidance of venture capitalists John Doerr and Michael Moritz
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Career landmark: board of directors member (2001–2019).
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (2001–2011).
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1998· 1 entry
Published “Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant” in The Astronomical Journal — cited 16,308 times.
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1993· 1 entry
Published “General atomic and molecular electronic structure system” in Journal of Computational Chemistry — cited 19,147 times.
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1983· 2 entries
Schmidt joined Sun Microsystems as its first software manager
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Joined Sun Microsystems and worked in various roles
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1982· 2 entries
Studied at University of California, Berkeley, doctorate (1982).
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In EECS; Computer Engineering, with a dissertation about the problems of managing distributed software development and tools for solving these problems
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1979· 2 entries
At the University of California, Berkeley, Schmidt earned an EECS M
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Studied at University of California, Berkeley, master's degree (1979).
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1976· 1 entry
Studied at Princeton University, bachelor's degree (1976).
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1975· 1 entry
Was co-author of Lex, a software program to generate lexical analysers for the Unix computer operating system
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1972· 2 entries
Studied at Yorktown High School (1968–1972).
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After earning eight varsity letter awards in long-distance running
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1955· 1 entry
Born 1955-04-27.
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