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Eric E. Schmidt
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software engineer, businessman, former Google CEO
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Eric Emerson Schmidt is an American computer scientist, engineer, and art collector born on April 27, 1955, in Washington, D.C. He holds a doctorate and has been educated at Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley. Schmidt has served as a chief executive officer and has been employed by Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., and Stanford University. His professional fields include computer engineering and software engineering.
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. Schmidt has received the IEEE Founders Medal and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He is married to Wendy Schmidt and has resided in Blacksburg, Atherton, and Washington, D.C.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- How Google Works
- Five Little Carolers
- O Christmas Tree
- Genesis
- Arduino Programming for Beginners
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Eric Schmidt is an American businessman, best known as a former CEO of Google.
Known for
- The Thinking Game2025
- Silicon Valley — Self2014
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Eric Emerson Schmidt , ( 1955-04-27 ) April 27, 1955 (age 71) , Falls Church, Virginia , U.S.
- Citizenship
- United States Cyprus
- Education
- Princeton University ( BSE ) University of California, Berkeley ( MS , PhD )
- Occupation
- Businessman
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Title
- Co-founder, Schmidt Futures Founder and chairman, Special Competitive Studies Project CEO, Relativity Space Limited partner, Washington Commanders ( NFL )
- Spouse
- Wendy Boyle ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 )
- Children
- Sophie Schmidt Alison Schmidt
- Fields
- Computer engineering
- Thesis
- Controlling Large Software Development in a Distributed Environment (1982)
- Doctoral advisor
- Bob Fabry , Richard Fateman
- Website
- ericschmidt .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eric
- Family name
- Schmidt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Spouse
- Wendy Schmidt
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Employer
- Apple Inc.
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- software engineering
- Official website
- ericschmidt.com
- Image
- Eric E Schmidt, 2005 (looking left).jpg
- Residence
- Atherton
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- Commons category
- Eric E. Schmidt
- date of birth
- 1955-04-27
- name in native language
- Eric Emerson Schmidt
- birth name
- Eric Emerson Schmidt
- name in kana
- エリック・エマーソン・シュミット
- owner of
- Alphabet Inc.
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- net worth
- 12900000000
- social media followers
- 2209021
- affiliation string
- Steel Perlot
- affiliation
- Alphabet Inc.
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