Eric Schmidt of Novell. He presided over a period of decline at Novell where its IPX protocol was being replaced by open TCP/IP products, while at the same time Microsoft was shipping free TCP/IP stacks in Windows 95, making Novell much less profitable. In 2001, he departed after the acquisition of Cambridge Technology Partners. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin interviewed Schmidt. Impressed by him, they recruited Schmidt to run their company in 2001 under the guidance of venture capitalists John Doerr and Michael Moritz. In March 2001, Schmidt joined Google's board of directors as chairman, and became the company's CEO
Jean-Pierre Hansen (CEO) Jean-Pierre Hansen (CEO) Jean-Pierre, Baron Hansen (born on April 25, 1948 in Athus, Belgium) is a Belgian corporate executive. He is currently vice-chairman of the executive committee and senior executive vice-president of Suez, in charge of operations. Jean-Pierre Hansen holds a master's degree in electrical engineering (University of Liège), a degree in economics (Panthéon-Assas University) and a PhD in engineering (Paris VI). He entered the electricity and gas sector in 1975. He was CEO of Electrabel from 1992 to March 1999. Since January 2005, he has been vice-chairman and again CEO of Electrabel. Since March 1999, he has also held