Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and software engineer. He is known for being the Executive Chairman of Google from 2001 to 2015 and Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017. In 2017, "Forbes" ranked Schmidt as the 119th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of US$11.1 billion. As an intern at Bell Labs, Schmidt did a complete re-write of Lex, a software program to generate lexical analysers for the UNIX computer operating system. From 1997 to 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Novell. From 2001 to 2011, Schmidt served
John S. Watson (Chevron CEO) 2010, he was Vice-Chairman of the Board. Since 2010, he has served as Chairman and CEO. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of the American Petroleum Institute, and on the Board of Directors of Caltex, Dynegy (2001–2004), the National Petroleum Council, the Business Council, the Business Roundtable, JPMorgan International Council, the American Society of Corporate Executives, and the Animal Rescue Foundation. John S. Watson (Chevron CEO) John S. Watson (born 1956) is an American businessman. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Chevron Corporation from January 1, 2010 to January 31,