Eric Schmidt wants to stay at Google for next ten years
Since joining Google in 2001, Eric Schmidt has helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global enterprise. Under his leadership, Google has dramatically scaled its infrastructure and broadened its offerings while maintaining a culture of strong innovation. His background uniquely prepares him to lead Google’s efforts toward technological solutions that focus on users. With founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and the rest of the executive team, Eric oversees the company’s technical and business strategy.
Prior to joining Google, Eric was the Chairman and CEO of Novell and Chief Technology Officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he led the development of Java, Sun’s platform-independent programming technology. Earlier in his career, Eric was a member of the research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and held positions at Bell Laboratories and Zilog. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University as well as a master’s degree and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Eric is a member of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a fellow in 2007. Eric also chairs the board of the New America Foundation. source: http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html
On April 4, Larry Page, Google’s co-founder will take over from Schmidt, who has been the company’s chief executive since 2001. He said: “I wanted to make an important announcement about Google. We had a very, very good year and a very strong quarter. We looked at this year and in particular our prospects for growth in Europe, and our businesses globally are doing well, both our core business as well as our adjacent businesses, our hockey stick businesses as we call them. It’s all very very good.
Google Inc.’s Eric Schmidt said he has no plans to leave the owner of the world’s largest search engine, dismissing speculation he’s considering a career in media or politics.
Schmidt said last week he will step down as chief executive officer in favor of Google co-founder Larry Page and become executive chairman. Schmidt is “committed to Google,” he told reporters at the Digital-Life-Design conference in Munich today. “How long are you committed to doing what you’re doing? As long as it’s exciting,” he said in response to a question about his plans.
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