Eric Schmidt

Co-Founder of Schmidt Futures and Former Executive Chairman at Alphabet Inc. & Former CEO of Google

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Eric Schmidt Biography

Eric Schmidt is the Co-Founder of Schmidt Futures, an American software engineer, a businessman, former Executive Chairman at Alphabet Inc. & Former CEO of Google. In 2017, Forbes ranked Schmidt as the 119th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $11.1 billion dollars.

Schmidt served as the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011. Schmidt helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global enterprise. Under his leadership, Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure and broadened its offerings while maintaining a culture of strong innovation. His background uniquely prepared 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, Schmidt oversaw the company’s technical and business strategy.

Prior to joining Google, Schmidt was the Chairman and CEO of Novell and Chief Technology Officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he led the development of Java, Suns 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 bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University as well as a masters and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Schmidt is a member of President Obamas 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. Schmidt also chairs the board of the New America Foundation.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/15/2024.

Eric Schmidt Speaking Topics

  • Global

    system cities greece mobile growth government china countries euro

  • Ideas

    Thought change power start understanding build human future open

  • Social

    spain region latin brazil america cultural crisis mexican state

  • Content

    news responsibility human rights people monetary corporate governance arab

  • Music

    cultural social innovation audience christian organization reality online work

Eric Schmidt Videos

  • Eric Schmidt - Naval War College Foundation
    Eric Schmidt, who now leads the Special Competitive Studies Project, discusses large language models, semiconductors and what's at stake in our AI...
  • Eric Schmidt - Trillion Dollar Coach
    Behind every great leader, is a great coach. At this unique event, Google's former CEO, Eric Schmidt, along with Alan Eagle and Jonathan Rosenberg,...
  • MIT AI: Google (Eric Schmidt)
    Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, and its executive chairman from 2011 to 2017, guiding the company through a period ...

Eric Schmidt Books

  • The Age of AI: And Our Human Future
    The Age of AI: And Our Human Future
  • The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Businesses, and Our Lives
    The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Businesses, and Our Lives
  • The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
    The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business

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Eric Schmidt is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Global, Ideas, Social, Content and Music. The estimated speaking fee range to book Eric Schmidt for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Eric Schmidt generally travels from Mountain View, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Sir Richard Branson, Peter Diamandis, Ray Kurzweil, Sheryl Sandberg and Marc Randolph. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Eric Schmidt for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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