Portrait of Eric Schmidt

Rank #46

Eric Schmidt

Net worth $42.3B

Google · United States

Born
Apr 27, 1955
Age
71
Source
Google
Residence
Atherton, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University; Doctorate, University of California, Berkeley; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Eric Schmidt left the board of Google parent company Alphabet in June 2019 after 18 years; he stayed on as a technical advisor until February 2020.
  • Schmidt was Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011; prior to that he had stints as CEO of Novell and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems.
  • He co-founded Innovation Endeavors, a venture capital firm that has invested in Uber, SoFi, and Zymergen, among others.
  • In May 2015, his family's investment vehicle bought a 20% stake in hedge fund firm D.E. Shaw & Co. for an undisclosed price.
  • Schmidt's family is passionate about environmental sustainability and has donated to various projects related to renewable energy and climate change.
  • He has toured some of the world's most tightly controlled regimes to promote open internet access, including in Cuba and North Korea.

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