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) in both New York and New Jersey. Jeff Jacobson (CEO) Jeff Jacobson is the former CEO of Xerox Corporation. Jacobson succeeded Ursula M. Burns as Xerox CEO on January 1, 2017. Prior to this, Jacobson had served as an officer of Xerox since February 2012. He joined as president of Global Graphic Communications Operations. Later in 2014 he became the chief operating officer of the Xerox Technology business. On May 1, 2018, Xerox announced that Jacobson would resign as chief executive and director, under a deal with dissident investor Carl Icahn. Three days later, on May 4, 2018, the company