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Eric Schmidt

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Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and former software engineer who served as the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also served as the executive chairman of parent company Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017, and Technical Advisor at Alphabet from 2017 to 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Schmidt has received more than 4,145,100 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Schmidt is the 158th most popular businessperson (up from 224th in 2019), the 1,745th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,787th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 58.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Eric Schmidt ranks 158 out of 601. Before him are Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, John Sculley, Massimo Moratti, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Vincenzo Lancia, and Sung Jae-gi. After him are Basil Zaharoff, Melinda Gates, Lady Bird Johnson, Charles Simonyi, Masayoshi Son, and Phil Knight.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Eric Schmidt ranks 62. Before him are Michael Rooker, Ante Gotovina, Pietro Parolin, Al-Waleed bin Talal, José Antonio Camacho, and Valery Gerasimov. After him are Emine Erdoğan, Michael Schenker, Jean Tigana, Yo-Yo Ma, Najib Mikati, and Lena Olin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Schmidt ranks 1,745 out of 18,182. Before him are Alan Alda (1936), Lee Majors (1939), Edward Tatum (1909), Tony Burton (1937), Leland H. Hartwell (1939), and Gene Roddenberry (1921). After him are Murray Bookchin (1921), Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Mahalia Jackson (1911), Glenn Frey (1948), and W. I. Thomas (1863).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Eric Schmidt ranks 57. Before him are Martha Stewart (1941), Reed Hastings (1960), Larry Silverstein (1931), Christina Onassis (1950), William C. Durant (1861), and John Sculley (1939). After him are Melinda Gates (1964), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Phil Knight (1938), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Edsel Ford (1893), and Asa Griggs Candler (1851).

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