Eric Schmidt Is Stepping Down As Executive Chairman of Alphabet (cnbc.com) 47
Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as the executive chairman of Alphabet's board of directors and transitioning to a technical adviser, the company announced. He will continue to serve on the company's board. CNBC reports: Schmidt first joined Google as CEO in 2001, back when the company only had several hundred employees, and become its executive chairman 10 years later. He maintained that role when Google restructured to become Alphabet in 2015.
"Larry, Sergey, Sundar and I all believe that the time is right in Alphabet's evolution for this transition," Schmidt said in a statement. "The Alphabet structure is working well, and Google and the Other Bets are thriving. In recent years, I've been spending a lot of my time on science and technology issues, and philanthropy, and I plan to expand that work."
"Larry, Sergey, Sundar and I all believe that the time is right in Alphabet's evolution for this transition," Schmidt said in a statement. "The Alphabet structure is working well, and Google and the Other Bets are thriving. In recent years, I've been spending a lot of my time on science and technology issues, and philanthropy, and I plan to expand that work."
Oh no... (Score:1)
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He will continue to serve on the company's board.
So either, no, it's not a sexual assault allegation, or Alphabet is confident all the proper payoffs have been made and the targets of abuse will keep quiet forever... smart money's on the former.
It's a Bad Time to be a "Serial Womanizer" (Score:3)
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It was big in the 90s. The Late 10s? Not so much. Guy's got a custom-made dungeon in NYC [dailymail.co.uk], I am sure there's a disillusioned young lady lurking somewhere downtown waiting to pull the pin on her #MeToo grenade. The Alphabet Board did the only thing they could do.
In his defense: "News outlets have been sniffing around Schmidt’s former flames looking for a Harvey Weinstein-like bombshell, a source close to Schmidt told The Post. But sources say there’s nothing there." https://nypost.com/2017/12/21/... [nypost.com]
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Re: So how many women did he rape? (Score:1)
Google insider here, rumor is around 40-50.
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Considering he had an "open marriage" with his wife which is basically to say she didn't want to give up access to all his cash while he fucks escorts in his manhattan sex loft, i'd be surprised if he didn't rape a bit, but he's probably stepping down because he was too close to the Clintons, and after Her failed candidacy, and net neutrality getting nuked, he got forced out for backing the wrong horse after failing to read the political winds. Hopefully this will lead to Google being less of a Clintonite o
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>http://freebeacon.com/politics/memo-googles-eric-schmidt-working-directly-clinton-campaign/
Wikileaks really exposed the Clintons badly last year. This one didn't get as much outrage as rigging the primaries, or cheating in the debates, but it's probably what sank Schmidt.
Re: So how many women did he rape? (Score:1)
Come on. Does this illuminati conspiracy, 7 men that rule the world still has legs. There is no one ruling the world, there is no conspiracy. Just a bunch of people doing their best for what they want, and this is likely what is the reason
Is it the dead woman? (Score:1)
Or the live boy?
Google is not what it seems... (Score:4, Interesting)
Could have something to do with this: https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/
Re: Schmid = Jewgle = this in their own words (Score:1)
I really hope the NSA/FBI are monitoring and stop you before you plan a mass killing.
A more likely cause (Score:2)
They've perfected AI,
The new Alphabet AI Overlords first order was for the humans to run for their lives,
Elon Musk to the rescue! (Score:2)
President of the United States,
Head of Alphabet, Inc.
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I think Elon Musk will have his hands full rescuing Elon Musk.
How can he accomplish so much? (Score:2)
So I guess... (Score:2)
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Seems google will be going further downhill after losing this founding member.
Actually, Eric is a bid of an ass and not particularly brilliant. Google won't be any worse off without him.
Philanthropy my ass (Score:1)
"..., and philanthropy, ..."
If you make out-of-proportion profits by deceiving the mass, because they don't
know any better, you lose the right to label your gifts philantropic.
They are just the return of stolen goods, nothing more.