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
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