Nov 18, 2025
China And America And AI And Security
A Stanford talk with Eric Schmidt traces US-China AI rivalry, energy and chip constraints, distillation threats, and civilization-scale stakes.
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Eric Schmidt
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- Eric Schmidt left the board of Google parent company Alphabet in June 2019 after 18 years; he stayed on as a technical advisor until February 2020.
- Schmidt was Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011; prior to that he had stints as CEO of Novell and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems.
- He co-founded Innovation Endeavors, a venture capital firm that has invested in Uber, SoFi, and Zymergen, among others.
- In May 2015, his family's investment vehicle bought a 20% stake in hedge fund firm D.E. Shaw & Co. for an undisclosed price.
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 71
- Source of Wealth
- Google, Self Made
- Residence
- Atherton, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University; Doctorate, University of California, Berkeley; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley
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