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Eric Schmidt

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Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and former computer engineer who was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also was the executive chairman of parent company Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017, and technical advisor at Alphabet from 2017 to 2020. Since 2025, he has been the CEO of Relativity Space, an aerospace manufacturing company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Schmidt is the 315th most popular businessperson (down from 248th in 2019), the 3,798th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,679th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Eric Schmidt ranks 315 out of 847. Before him are Tadashi Yanai, Jawed Karim, Arnon Milchan, Ivar Kreuger, Reggie Fils-Aimé, and Maryana Iskander. After him are Hans Riegel, Edoardo Agnelli, Guy de Rothschild, Johnny Kitagawa, Stefan Persson, and Jorge Paulo Lemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Eric Schmidt ranks 153. Before him are James Gosling, Zbigniew Preisner, Steven Wright, Mísia, Akira Nishino, and Mayumi Tanaka. After him are Tūheitia Paki, Steve Jones, Mika Kaurismäki, Vladimir Petrović, Andy Gray, and Mariya Takeuchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Schmidt ranks 3,798 out of 20,380. Before him are William Windom (1827), Seymour Hersh (1937), Sean Michaels (1958), Phil Scott (1958), Scott Carpenter (1925), and Peter Krause (1965). After him are Dermot Mulroney (1963), Richard Beymer (1938), Arthur Cronquist (1919), Robert Wisdom (1953), Robert Weinberg (1942), and Don Bluth (1937).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Eric Schmidt ranks 104. Before him are Tommy Mottola (1949), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), John C. Bogle (1929), Katharine Graham (1917), Larry Silverstein (1931), and Reggie Fils-Aimé (1961). After him are Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Clyde Cessna (1879), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), Mike Markkula (1942), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), and Linda Yaccarino (1963).

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