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
Jeff Jacobson (CEO) into effect, and Jacobson would stay on as CEO. On May 13, 2018, Xerox announced that Jacobson would indeed be stepping down to be replaced by John Visentin. Jacobson also gave up a severance package worth up to $18M, by resigning voluntarily, in exchange for immunity from civil lawsuits over the failed Fujifilm deal. Jacobson graduated from the State University of New York Buffalo. He also has a master's degree in Industrial Relations from the Cornell University School of Industrial Relations. Jacobson also gained a juris doctor degree from Pace University School of Law and was admitted to the bar