Eric Schmidt Net Worth

Eric Schmidt net worth is
$9.2 Billion

Eric Schmidt is a well known and successful businessman and software engineer. He is mostly known as the Google’s executive chairman. In 2013 Eric was considered to be one of the richest people in the world. Schmidt is also famous for his philanthropic activities as he has several foundations. There might occur a question how rich is Eric Schmidt? There has been made a statement that Schmidt’s net worth is more than 9 billion dollars. His salary in 2012 was 1.25 million dollars. It mainly came from his career as a software engineer and of course from his success as a businessman. Of course there is also a chance that Eric Schmidt’s net worth will grow in the future.

Eric Schmidt Net Worth $9 Billion

Eric Emerson Schmidt, or better known as simply Eric Schmidt, was born in 1955, in Washington, D.C. Eric studied at Princeton University where he received B.S. degree in electrical engineering. As you can see at first his studies were not related to software engineering or business. Despite this fact Schmidt later decided to study at University of California, Berkeley, where he received PhD in EECS. At the beginning of his career Eric was a part of such companies as Bell Labs, Zilog and others. That was the time when Erics Schmidt’s net worth started to grow.

In 1983 Eric started to work in Sun Microsystems. He was very successful while working at this company and it of course made Eric’s net worth even higher. Later Schmidt worked as a chairman of the board and CEO of Novell. As Eric was successful in this industry he was noticed very fast and in 2001 he received a suggestion to join Google and become a chairman of board of directors. Undoubtedly, Eric agreed and became a part of Google. He soon became the CEO of Google and it of course not only showed that Schmidt is one of the best specialists and that he is acclaimed and respected by others. He even was considered to be one of the most valuable people on the Web.

In 2006 Eric became a part of another big company, called Apple Inc. Despite the fact that he was successful at this work, Schmidt decided to leave the company as there were some misunderstandings. But it still added up to Eric’s net worth. As it was mentioned before, Eric is also quite famous for his philanthropic activities. He is the chairman of the board of directors at New America Foundation. What is more, he established Schmidt Family Foundation and created Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund. All in all, it could be said that Eric Schmidt is one of the most important people when talking about software engineering. He is respected and acclaimed as one of the best specialists in this sphere. There is no surprise that Eric Schmidt’s net worth is so high and that he is one of the richest people in the world. There is also a chance that the sum of money that he has earned will become even bigger in the future.


Net Worth$9.2 Billion
Date Of BirthApril 27, 1955 (age 60
Place Of BirthWashington, D.C., United States
ProfessionElectrical engineer, Engineer, Businessperson, Software Engineer
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (1982)
NationalityUnited States of America
SpouseWendy Schmidt (m. 1980–2011)
ChildrenAllison Schmidt, Sophie Schmidt
NicknamesEric Emerson Schmidt
Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/ericschmidt
IMDBhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772913

Cinematographer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Red Widow2013TV Series 1 episode
I Melt with You2011director of photography
The Mechanic2011director of photography
Michael Jackson: Hold My Hand2010Short
Back2009TV Movie
My Sassy Girl2008
Henry Poole Is Here2008
Best of Chris Isaak2006Video director of photography - music video "Think Of Tomorrow"
Close to Home2005TV Series 1 episode
Cold Case2003-2004TV Series director of photography - 11 episodes
Deathdealer: A Documentary2004Short director of photography
An American Town2001TV Movie
Dead Dog2001
Frank's Book2001Short
Flashback1997TV Movie director of photography
Persona Non Grata1996Short

Camera Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Wolverine2013additional photography
The Ex2006director of photography: additional photography
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia2000camera operator: second unit
Arlington Road1999additional photographer: second unit - uncredited
The Minus Man1999director of photography: second unit
Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory1998Video documentary camera operator
Rhapsody on Rails1997Short grip
Destination Anywhere1997Video camera operator: "b" camera
Going All the Way1997director of photography: second unit / helicopter camera operator
RoadMovie1996Video documentary camera operator
Tom and Huck1995gaffer
Search and Destroy1995gaffer: second unit
Little Odessa1994gaffer
Household Saints1993electrician
Ethan Frome1993electrician
Great Performances1993TV Series electrician - 1 episode
Bad Lieutenant1992electrician
Shakes the Clown1991third grip
Johnny Suede1991grip
Hangin' with the Homeboys1991electrician
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge1990assistant camera - uncredited
The Forgotten One1989grip
Spirit to Spirit: The Poetry of Nikki Giovanni1986TV Movie assistant camera

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
That's Awesome! The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'2015Video documentaryHimself

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2004ASC AwardAmerican Society of Cinematographers, USAOutstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular SeriesCold Case (2003)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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