Eric Schmidt the company and act as an adviser to co-founders Page and Brin. Google gave him a $100 million equity award in 2011 when he stepped down as CEO. On 4 April 2011, Page replaced Schmidt as the CEO. On December 21, 2017, Schmidt announced he would be stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet. While working at Google, Schmidt was involved in activities that later became the subject of the High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation case that resulted in a settlement of $415 million paid by Adobe, Apple, Google and Intel to employees. In one incident, after receiving a complaint
Broadband Stakeholder Group Executive committee is: In addition to the Executive Committee, an advisory council meets 2–3 times per year to discuss industry developments. The advisory council is made up of senior representatives from the sponsor organisations. The BSG has had four independent chairs since its creation. Its first chairman was Keith Todd, a former ICL CEO, appointed by e-Commerce Minister Douglas Alexander, who was chairman from 2002 to 2005. Upon stepping down he was replaced by Philip Graf, former Trinity Media CEO. Graf was appointed Deputy Chairman of Ofcom at the end of 2005, and the BSG operated without a chairman until