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
Eric Nicoli Eric Nicoli Eric Luciano Nicoli, CBE (born 5 August 1950) was CEO of EMI Group plc between 12 January 2007 and August 2007, having previously been Executive Chairman of the group since July 1999. In addition to his position at EMI, Nicoli has previously been Group Chief Executive of United Biscuits (Holdings) plc (1991–1999) and Non-Executive Chairman of HMV Group plc, The Tussauds Group Ltd and Vue Entertainment Ltd. Nicoli was educated at Diss Grammar School and went on to graduate with a First Class degree in Physics from King's College London. In July 2003, he received the honorary degree