Eric Schmidt
Updated: 09/10/2024 by Computer Hope
Name: Eric Schmidt
Born: April 27, 1955, Washington, D.C., USA
Computer-related contributions
- American software engineer and businessman.
- Founded Schmidt Futures in 2017.
- From 2001 to 2011, he served as the CEO of Google.
- Coined the term "cloud computing."
- Former member on the board of directors for Apple Inc.
- Co-authored the lex analysis software for the Unix computer operating system with Mike Lesk.
Honors and awards
- Ranked first on PC World's list of the 50 most important people on the web, with Google Co-Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin (2007).
- Included in "Top Gun CEOs" list by advisory agency Brendan Wood International (2009).
Quotes
"The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had."