Eric Schmidt
$26.71B
as of 07/05/24
About Eric Schmidt
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.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
GoogleResidence
Atherton, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
04/27/55 (age 69)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University; Doctorate, University of California, Berkeley; Master of Science, University of California, BerkeleySelf-made
self-madeEric Schmidt’s fortune is worth
445K
troy ounces of gold
411K
median U.S. household
267K
median U.S. income
0.534%
U.S. credit card volume
0.107%
GDP of the United States
0.079%
United States debt
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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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