Media, Telecom & Gaming ERIC SCHMIDT | GOOGLE Executive Chairman SPEAKER BIO Since joining Google in 2001, Eric Schmidt has helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley start-up to a global leader. From 2001-2011, Eric served as Google’s Chief Executive Officer, overseeing the company’s technical and business strategy. Prior to joining Google, Eric was the Chairman and CEO of Novell and Chief Technology Officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Previously, he served on the research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Bell Laboratories and Zilog. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University as well as a MSc and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Mountain View, USA Founded in 1998, Google is a global corporation providing Internet-related products and services. Company’s solutions include search engine, software, hardware, cloud computing, Office Locations 70 offices in 40 countries advertising, maps, and others. Google was started by then Stanford students Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and initially their only product was a search engine. In 2000, Google introduced Founded 1998 AdWords, a self-service program for creating online ad campaigns. Currently, advertising solutions is company’s most profitable segment, which includes display, mobile and video ads, No of Employees 40k+ as well as text ads. In 2012, $43.7bn of $50.2bn total revenue was generated from advertising. Active Markets Worldwide In the last decade, Google has also launched an online productivity suite, various desktop products, as well as mobile and computer operating systems. In the recent years, company Business Overview Internet-related services has moved into communication hardware through partnerships with major electronics manufacturers, acquisition of Motorola Mobility, launch of Google Glass, and Google Fiber KPI#1 World’s most visited website development. Monthly Unique 1bn+ Visitors Key Financials $66.1bn of revenue and $16.5bn of EBITDA Ownership Public Website google.com 95
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