After two decades of association, Eric Schmidt left Google

In 2001, Eric Schmidt joined the leading search engine company, Google as its second Chief Executive Officer. In its early days, he helped in bringing ‘adult supervision’ to the company. After a stint of two decades, Eric left the company.    

As per news report, Eric left the company in February. He was in the position of company’s Technical Adviser which he took over in the year 2017.

Eric had two technical assistants at the Google headquarters since he transitioned from the role of first Google’s and then Alphabet’s Executive Chairman to the company’s Technical Adviser, all of whom have been reassigned since his departure.

Off lately, Google’s former CEO has been working on a philanthropic initiative called Schmidt Future “that “finds exceptional people and helps them do more for others together.” Apart from this, he chairs the Defense Innovation Board, which is responsible for bringing new technology to the Pentagon. He also chairs the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, which according to the report advises the US Congress on usage of artificial intelligence for defence.

Apart from this, New York Andrew Cuomo earlier this week announced that Schmidt would serve as chairman of a commission that is tasked with ‘reimagining’ the state post pandemic.