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Eric Schmidt
Chairman and CEO, Google
While Google's stock fell and cut into Schmidt's net worth, the Web company continues to dominate Web search and related ads. Schmidt extended his reach by backing Obama for president, emerging as a trusted adviser who pushes for spending on renewable energy and conservation.
Audio Commentary
"We are one click away from losing [the] end user."
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Bio
Date of Birth: 4/27/1955
Hometown: Atherton, Calif.
Education: B.S. in electrical engineering, Princeton; M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science, University of California—Berkeley
Trivia
Led development of the Java programming language while an executive at Sun Microsystems