Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Quits After 19 Years at the Company
May. 11, 2020While the technical advisor post was largely an honorary, non-executive position created just for him, it was as the company’s CEO and executive Chairman that his experience, business acumen and technical know-how really shone through.
As Google’s CEO in the first decade of this millennium, he not only oversaw its transition from a disruptive search startup to the biggest search engine in the world. But, he also helped it become the largest provider of other online services, including web-mail, mapping, cloud storage, and more. It was also under his leadership that the company acquired Android and transformed it into thelargest mobile operating systemin the world.
The latest development represents the end of an era at Alphabet, although, given that he wasn’t involved in its day-to-day functioning anymore, it’s unlikely that it will affect the company and its decision-making process. Either way, representatives for Schmidt and Google declined to comment on the report, so it will be interesting to see when either party confirms the news officially.
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