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
Daniel Hesse AT&T's long distance services. In May 1997, he became Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Wireless. In 1998, Hesse oversaw the launch of AT&T's Digital One Rate. From March 2000 to June 2004, Hesse served as CEO and chairman of Terabeam Corporation. In June 2005, Hesse joined Sprint and oversaw the spinoff of its landline division into a separate public company– Embarq Corporation. Hesse served as the President and CEO of Embarq from May 2006 until December 2007. On December 17, 2007 he became CEO of Sprint Nextel. During his tenure, Hesse appeared in ten television commercials for the company. The