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Eric Schmidt

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Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and former computer engineer who was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also was 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 4,637,847 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 43 in 2019). Eric Schmidt is the 248th most popular businessperson (down from 158th in 2019), the 2,679th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,744th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 4.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Eric Schmidt ranks 248 out of 847. Before him are Henry Flagler, Kirk Kerkorian, Edsel Ford, Umberto Agnelli, David Packard, and John Warnock. After him are Giulia Tofana, Dhirubhai Ambani, Félicien Kabuga, Francesco Baracca, Dietmar Hopp, and Howard Schultz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Eric Schmidt ranks 111. Before him are Xander Berkeley, Thomas C. Südhof, Peter Gallagher, Miguel Ferrer, Simon Rattle, and Vladimir Petrović. After him are Siri Hustvedt, Brigitte Lahaie, Mariya Takeuchi, Zbigniew Preisner, Gloria Guida, and Mulatu Teshome.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Schmidt ranks 2,679 out of 20,380. Before him are John Warnock (1940), Dan Gurney (1931), John Hillerman (1932), George Reeves (1914), Carolyn Jones (1930), and Pancho Gonzales (1928). After him are William J. Burns (1956), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Suzanne Vega (1959), Laura Linney (1964), Philip Sheridan (1831), and Ronald Evans (1933).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Eric Schmidt ranks 79. Before him are Bill Hewlett (1913), Henry Flagler (1830), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Edsel Ford (1893), David Packard (1912), and John Warnock (1940). After him are Howard Schultz (1953), Rex Tillerson (1952), Charles Koch (1935), King C. Gillette (1855), Ivy Lee (1877), and Bob Iger (1951).

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