Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt is an American businessman and former computer engineer, best known for leading Google as chief executive from 2001 to 2011 and as executive chairman until 2015. His books draw on that time, starting with How Google Works, written with Jonathan Rosenberg, which examines how the company builds its culture and products. He later co-wrote Trillion Dollar Coach with Rosenberg and Alan Eagle, a business biography. Schmidt became chief executive of Relativity Space in 2025.