Eric Schmidt of Google Will Leave
Eric Schmidt, now chief executive officer (CEO) of Google, will leave office in April this year and instead will be the most used search engine co-founder of the World: Larry Page. Schmidt joined the group Google in 2001, taking over as CEO.
From April 4 to reduce their responsibilities, but will not integrate the company and a member of the board of the company.
Schmidt will be in charge of relations with partners, customers, government relations, etc … In the same way will remain an advisor to the co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Schmidt said that the new structure will make decisions more quickly, since each can focus on their responsibilities, also said he sees this with a lot of courage because you will have the opportunity to work in an area that is more interested and in which he believes can work more efficiently.
Google has been run by the trio of Schmidt, Page and Brin, who since 2004 are the leaders of Google, Page said: “We manage Google as a triumvirate.” It is a somewhat unusual structure, but no doubt they worked. For its part Larry Page will take charge in the departments of product development and technology strategies.
Finally, we mention that Google reported its fourth-quarter earnings surpassed those of last year, and even exceeded the expectations of investors. Its net profits amounted to $ 2.5 billion (29% more than the same period last year).
His strategy for the next year will remain one of the strongest resources to advertise via the Internet, while it enters the world of Hardware and Software.