Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt: Biography in Details

Who is Eric Schmidt?

Eric Schmidt is a business entrepreneur and software engineer. He is renowned as the former CEO of Google.

Currently, Eric is the chairperson of the Defense Innovation Advisory Board of the US Department of Defense.

Also, in 2017, he was ranked as the 119th-richest person in the world.

What is the birth name of Eric Schmidt?

Eric Schmidt was born on the 27th of April 1955 in Falls Church, Virginia to Eleanor and Wilson Schmidt. His birth name is Eric Emerson Schmidt.

His Late father, Wilson Emerson Schmidt was a professional by career.

He used to be a lecturer in international economics at Johns Hopkins University.

Also, Under the Nixon Administration, he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department.

His mother is Eleanor Schmidt and he has two siblings that include two brothers, Orrin and Carl. They are of Jewish-Germanic ethnicity.

Schmidt’s Education

In 1972, he completed his High School education at Yorktown High School Yorktown.

Later, in 1976, he graduated from Princeton University with Honors in electrical engineering.

However, he joined the University in the architecture stream.

Moving forward, in 1979, he earned a master’s degree with Honors in designing and implementing a network under computer engineering from the University of California.

After that, In 1982, he earned a Ph.D. degree in EECS.

Eric Schmidt- Professional Life, Career

– Eric Schmidt started his career holding some technical positions in research and development in IT companies that include Bell Labs, Zilog, and Palo Alto Research Centre. 

– In 1983, he joined Sun Microsystems as a software manager.

However, he served the company in positions like director, Vice President, and President.

– Moving forward, in April 1997, he joined Novell as the CEO, Chairman, and board of directors. In 2001, he left the company to join Cambridge Technology Partners.

– In March 2001, he joined Google on the board of directors. Later, in August, he was appointed as the CEO of the company.

– He joined the company at a base salary of $250k with an annual performance bonus basis.

However, later, in 2004, he and the founder of the company agreed to work on a base salary of US $1 till 2010.

– Also, on the 28th of August 2006, he was elected as the board of directors for Apple Inc. He continued the position till August 2009.

– Moving forward, in 2011, he stepped down as CEO. At the time, he was awarded a $100 million equity award.

After that, on the 21st of December 2017, he stepped down as the executive chairman of Alphabet.

– In March 2016, he joined the Department of Defense as chairperson of the Defense Innovation Advisory Board.

– Besides that, he has been associated with other business ventures like Mashape, Uber, and Formlabs. 

Also, he is the author of books like 2019- Trillion Dollar Coach, 2014- How Google Works, and 2013- The New Digital Age.

Net Worth, Salary In 2024

As of 2024, he has an estimated net worth of $16.2 billion making him the 104th richest name in the world.

That includes the 4.1 million shares of Alphabet stock. 

Also, he owns the superyacht named Oasis built in 2006 and designed by the company, Galde Johnson Design. The consists of furniture worth $11 billion back in 2017.

He made his net worth with his earnings through his business profit and career as the CEO of Google.

Eric Schmidt left Google Completely

Recently, the business tycoon has made the headlines by leaving Google completely.

Till the last year, he was a member of Google’s board. However, neither Google nor Eric has made statements on the matter.

He left the company to take on government military projects.

Also, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tapped him as an advisor to the state’s task force for COVID-19.

Body Measurements- Height, Weight

Eric Schmidt has blue eyes with auburn hair.

His height is 5 feet 10 inches and weighs around 66 kg.

Is Eric Schmidt active on social media?

Eric has over 2.2 million followers on Twitter, over 26.29k followers on Facebook, and 7.3k followers on Instagram.

On Twitter, she is following the personalities like Andrew Cuomo, John Burn-Murdoch, and Graham Allison.

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