Eric Schmidt
Businessman
In his time at Google in 2001, Eric Schmidt helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology.
From 2001 to 2011, Eric served as Google’s chief executive officer, overseeing the company’s technical and business strategy alongside founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Under his leadership, Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure and diversified its product offerings while maintaining a strong culture of innovation. From 2011 to 2015, Schmidt served as Executive Chairman at Google. and then as Executive Chairman of Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017.
Eric is a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council in the U.K. 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. He also chairs the board of the New America Foundation, and since 2008 has been a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In May 2012, Eric became a member of Khan Academy’s board of directors and the following year he joined the board of The Economist. In 2013, Eric and Jared Cohen co-authored The New York Times bestselling book, The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Businesses, and Our Lives. In September 2014, Eric published his second New York Times best-seller, How Google Works, which he and Jonathan Rosenberg wrote with Alan Eagle.
Schmidt was hosted by The Common Good in 2014 for a Meet & Greet.
Twitter: @ericschmidt
