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Eric Schmidt

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Eric Emerson Schmidt (English: Eric Emerson Schmidt, born April 27, 1955) is an American entrepreneur and computer software engineer. He was the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017. He served as CEO of Google for ten years from 2001 to 2011 and was also a member of Apple's board of directors. At the same time, he is also a trustee of Carnegie Mellon University and Princeton University, and is the co-author of the program compiler lex.

Category
Entrepreneurs
Nationality
United States
Born
1955-04-27
Wikidata
Q92747
Occupations art collectorengineeruniversity teachercomputer scientistmerchantsoftware engineerelectrical engineerentrepreneur
Aliases Eric SchmidtEric SchmidtEric Emerson Schmidt

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