Google CEO joins Apple’s board of directors
Google CEO Eric Schmidt is joining Apple
Computer’s board of directors, the computer maker said on Tuesday,
creating a close tie between two of Silicon Valley’s most iconic
companies.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt is joining Apple Computer’s board of directors, the computer maker said on Tuesday, creating a close tie between two of Silicon Valley’s most iconic companies.
The addition of Schmidt to the board of Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple brings the total number of board members to eight, including Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder and CEO, and Al Gore, former vice president of the United States.
“Apple is one of the companies in the world that I most admire,” Schmidt said in a statement. “I’m really looking forward to working with Steve (Jobs) and Apple’s board to help with all of the amazing things Apple is doing.”
Schmidt joined Google from software maker Novell, where he was chairman and CEO. Previously, he was chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems. In the early 1980s, he worked as a researcher at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center and at Bell Labs and ZiLOG.
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Posted: Wed - August 30, 2006 at 06:07 AM