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
Nicole Seligman 2003, she became Corporate Executive Officer of the worldwide Sony Corporation. When Stringer became Sony Corporation CEO in June 2005, Seligman rose to become General Counsel of that corporation, retaining the same role at SCA. She became President of Sony Corporation of America on June 27, 2012. In August 2013, the Council on CyberSecurity announced that Seligman is a member of the organization’s Advisory Board. On February 18, 2016, it was announced, that Seligman is stepping down from the positions of President of Sony Entertainment and Sony Corporation of America; In an internal memo to employees, it was stated, that