Eric Schmidt in August 2001. At Google, Schmidt shared responsibility for Google's daily operations with founders Page and Brin. Prior to the Google initial public offering, Schmidt had responsibilities typically assigned to the CEO of a public company and focused on the management of the vice presidents and the sales organization. According to Google, Schmidt's job responsibilities included "building the corporate infrastructure needed to maintain Google's rapid growth as a company and on ensuring that quality remains high while the product development cycle times are kept to a minimum." Upon being hired at Google, Eric Schmidt was paid a salary of $250,000
Dalton Philips welcomed the decision by chairman Sir Ian Gibson to leave the business next year after months of pressure. In January 2015 it was announced that Philips would be stepping down as CEO. Philips, as well as being chairman of Byron, and of The Ridgeon Group, is currently a Senior Advisor with The Boston Consulting Group, and is a Non-Executive Director of three other boards: industrial plastic group One51 Plc., the UK High Street retailer Wilko, and the Social Innovation Fund, a provider of growth capital to Irish social enterprises. Dalton Philips Timothy David Dalton Philips (born 18 February 1968) is