eric schmidt

Nov 5, 2013

Google's Eric Schmidt: Think global, act local? Forget the 'local' part

HONG KONG - In town to announce a university partnership Monday morning, the internet giant’s executive chairman emphasized working in the digital era and solving the world’s problems, although an age-old local issue still stalled everyone.

Jul 26, 2011

Google to open office in Indonesia

JAKARTA – Google plans to expand its business to Indonesia, by setting up an office there by the end of this year.

May 20, 2011

Cannes Lions 2011 names Media Person of the Year

GLOBAL - Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt will be presented with the Media Person of the Year Award at this year's Cannes Lions Festival.

Jan 21, 2011

Co-founder Larry Page takes over Google as CEO

GLOBAL – Google has announced co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO and Eric Schmidt will move into a new role as executive chairman, overseeing the company's expansions abroad.

Feb 19, 2010

Google chief claims 60,000 Android phones shipping per day

GLOBAL - Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has revealed that 60,000 phones using the company's Android operating system are shipping each day.

Nov 16, 2009

Chinese content and social media to dominate web: Google's Eric Schmidt

GLOBAL - Google chief executive Eric Schmidt claims that within five years we will be consuming a 'radically different' internet, dominated by Chinese-language and social media content delivered via super-fast broadband.