Eric Schmidt — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Chair and CEO at Relativity Space since 2025.
Led Google as CEO from 2001 to 2011, overseeing its transformation from a startup.
Co-founded Schmidt Sciences (2024), Special Competitive Studies Project (2021), Innovation Endeavors (2010), and Schmidt Futures (2017).
Co-authored the New York Times bestseller 'Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit' (2024).
Co-authored Lex, a software program to generate lexical analysers for the Unix operating system, in 1975.
Holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.
Served on boards of trustees for Carnegie Mellon University, Apple, Princeton University, and the Mayo Clinic.

Biography

Eric Schmidt is the Chair and CEO of Relativity Space, an aerospace manufacturing company, a position he has held since 2025. He is best known for his transformative tenure as CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, and later as Executive Chairman of Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., until 2017, and as a technical advisor until 2020.