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Eric Schmidt Is Stepping Down As Executive Chairman of Alphabet (cnbc.com)

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."

47 comments

  1. Oh no... by panja · · Score: 1

    With all of the sexual assault allegations, that was the first thing that popped into my head.

    1. Re:Oh no... by rmdingler · · Score: 1

      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.

      --
      Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

      Ernest Hemingway

    2. Re: Oh no... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Makes the old ice cream truck video creepier than ever https://youtu.be/Ouof1OzhL8k

  2. Eric Schmidt as technical advisor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That would be like Zero_Kelvin teaching a class on anger management and empathy.

    1. Re: Eric Schmidt as technical advisor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah it took zero technical knowledge to build the most successful web company ever.

    2. Re: Eric Schmidt as technical advisor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I wasn't aware that he was the technical guy at the startup. Tell me more about who this Sergey and Larry guys were. At the time he was hired he was supposed to be the "adult in the room". It turns out he's just the creepy Uncle who owns an ice cream truck. https://youtu.be/Ouof1OzhL8k

    3. Re: Eric Schmidt as technical advisor? by PoopJuggler · · Score: 1

      I guess getting a BS in Electrical Engineering at Princeton and then a Masters and PhD from Berkeley is not technical enough for you.

  3. So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm guessing 15-20.

    1. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Google insider here, rumor is around 40-50.

    2. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      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 operation.

    3. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      >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.

    4. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, calling everyone who isn't a true believer Clinton flunky a "Trumpflake" is really going win over the Sanders and Stein supporters. Keep it up, bro.

    5. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      are you sure he didn't just ogle them?

    6. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      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 operation.

      The InfoWars is strong with this one.

    7. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, you are linking to the washington free bacon. Might as well be linking to PrisonPlanet.

    8. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And you're a massive faggot, yet you're still allowed to post on the internet.

    9. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hey Eric. You don't have to post anonymously anymore! You're free.

    10. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well, I don't feel like spending 20 minutes Googling around for the actual Wikileaks leaks since oh guess what Google doesn't make it easy to find those for some reason! Locating the primary source is an exercise left to the reader, ok.

    11. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The fact that you have the bacon at your fingertips but can't figure out how to use google is basically all the proof anyone needs to know that you live in the alt-universe.

    12. Re: So how many women did he rape? by zaphirplane · · 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

    13. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Does it feel miserable to live in your universe where Donald Drumpf is a Russian Hilter Pu**ygrabber, everyone is a racist, and ISIS are your friends?
      What other "reality" are you hallucinating?

    14. Re: So how many women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You sound alt-nice.

  4. Is it the dead woman? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Or the live boy?

    1. Re:Is it the dead woman? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Can't it be both? OMG I hope it's both!

  5. Google is not what it seems... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Could have something to do with this: https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

    1. Re:Google is not what it seems... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It could have something to do with this as well.

      Google Ideas is now known as Jigsaw.
      Jigsaw organized a team to "fight online abuse":
      * Holly Jacobs, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
      * Rose Eveleth, the person responsible for getting Tim Hunt fired in the "Shirtgate" incident
      * "Feminista Jones"
      * Randi Harper, professional online abuser
      * Anita Sarkeesian, con artist
      * Zoe Quinn, professional online abuser
      * Jamia Wilson of Women, Action, and Media (WAM)

      About Jigsaw director Jared Cohen:
      On 11 February, Burton wrote to the secure email list that Cohen was still planning to head to Gaza. He added, "The dude is a loose can[n]on. GOOGLE is trying to stop his entry into Gaza now because the dude is like scorched earth. It's unclear to GOOGLE if he's driving without a license, but GOOGLE believes he's on a specific mission of "regime change" on the part of leftist fools inside the WH who are using him for their agendas.

      More Startups Are Emerging To Take On Internet Trolls
      Christina Farr March 14, 2016 Device Daily
      > Two weeks ago, a group of developers, journalists, and policy experts showed up at the headquarters of Google and Facebook to brainstorm ideas about how to solve one of the Internetâ(TM)s pervasive problem: Trolls.
      > The hackathon, called No2H8, was organized by a company called Affinis Labs, which specializes in throwing events to brainstorm solutions to major challenges.
      Affinis Labs members include Quintan Wiktorowicz, Shahed Amanullah, and Wajahat Ali.

      The Center for American Progress produced the report "Fear Inc.: The Roots Of the Islamophobia Network In America" written by Faiz Shakir, Wajahat Ali, Eli Clifton, Matt Duss, Scott Keyes and Lee Fang. As described by Daniel Greenfield:
      The message is subtle, but not very. The majority of the experts blamed in the report for the spread of Islamophobia are Jewish⦠But the report isn't really about Israel or Jews â" it's about silencing critics of Islamic extremism. Shakir, Ali and company tip their hand when they don't limit their attacks to non-Muslims, but go after moderate Muslim critics of Islamic extremism as well.

      DHS Memo Supports Muslim Brotherhood Influence Over U.S. Counter-Terrorism Language
      > A June 2007 article in a San Francisco newspaper appears to identify the four Muslims Americans as:
      > * Akbar Ahmed, former ambassador from Pakistan
      > * Reza Aslan, author
      > * M.J. Kahn, Houston City Councilman
      > * Shahed Amanullah, Austin Texas blogger
      > The key influence here is likely Akbar Ahmed, a board member of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), an organization with many links to the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood.

      TL/DR: Google is hiring some of the Internet's worst harassers to "fight online abuse" and is hiring Islamist extremists to identify "online trolls" for the "anti-harassment" team to fight.

  6. A more likely cause by bobstreo · · Score: 1

    They've perfected AI,

    The new Alphabet AI Overlords first order was for the humans to run for their lives,

  7. Elon Musk to the rescue! by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1

    Clearly, we need Elon Musk for these jobs:
    President of the United States,
    Head of Alphabet, Inc.

    1. Re:Elon Musk to the rescue! by cold+fjord · · Score: 1

      I think Elon Musk will have his hands full rescuing Elon Musk.

      --
      much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
  8. It's a Bad Time to be a "Serial Womanizer" by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 2

    It was big in the 90s. The Late 10s? Not so much. Guy's got a custom-made dungeon in NYC, 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.

    1. Re:It's a Bad Time to be a "Serial Womanizer" by Trax3001BBS · · Score: 1

      It was big in the 90s. The Late 10s? Not so much. Guy's got a custom-made dungeon in NYC, 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/...

  9. So I guess... by Theaetetus · · Score: 1

    ... that Alphabet spells the end for him?

  10. Re: So how many men & women did he rape? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    All of us.

    So much for don't be evil.

  11. death of google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Seems google will be going further downhill after losing this founding member. I am guessing the names mentioned are on the shit list.

    1. Re:death of google by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      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.

      --
      When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
    2. Re:death of google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Eric Schmidt is not a founding member of Google and his tenure at Google was ineffectual: everything that he did was bad for Google and Google tended to succeed in spite of him rather than because of his leadership.

  12. Re: Schmid = Jewgle = this in their own words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I really hope the NSA/FBI are monitoring and stop you before you plan a mass killing.

  13. How can he accomplish so much? by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1

    I think Elon Musk is overloaded. However, it amazes me and other people that he can accomplish so much more than other people.

  14. Philanthropy my ass by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

  15. Schmidt = Jewgle = this in their own words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Jews believe this of all they call goyim/gentiles (non-jews): Jews = biggest racists of all (for which they "jew guilt" you for no less! They're hypocrites known as thieves all thru history or were Argentines in the 1940 under Perrone, Spanish inquistion, France (1306), Egypt (despoiled/robbed by jews), Arabs (pre & post 1948), England (1330 Edward longshanks), Romans under titus, Russia pogroms and Germany who got rid of them from their nations nazi german's too? No. Driven into DESERTS ages ago! Don't wonder why after all those exilings above. Should anyone doubt any of this see Jacob Javits' crony Rosenthal spill the beans on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zMVZ8HnFI/ where he called all Christianity fools for helping Israel and the biggest scam of all time per their beliefs below from their Talmud. This is the province of the synagogue of Satan (Khazar/Pharisees whom Jesus Christ himself kicked to the curb out of the temple & they killed him for it. Jeremiah did the same to them also + the Essenes could not stand them either breaking away from the pharisee corruption):

    Barbara Spectre, a jew, tells everyone it's jews orchestrating the muslim migrant problem in Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFE0qAiofMQ/ . No migrant raping of women in Poland. Tons in Sweden. Do the math. Use common-sense. This is to get muslims and other goyim/gentiles to wipe one another out as incompatible cultures that will clash and always have.

    George Soros who funds groups to create division in the USA?? A jew. One who sold his own jew people into death for the nazis. Zucker @ CNN is another frying publicly for lying about "russians" and John Bonifield a producer @ CNN said it is bs. Van Jones did also.

    What World-famous Men have said About the Jews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MYPzKNQUE0/

    Harvey Weinstein the sexual predator tops it all off.

    There are 4 types of people who call themselves Jews:

    1. True Torah Jews = Descendants of Prophet Jacob-Israel (Jacobites or Israelites) (about 5%-10% of all Jews)

    2. Khazarian or Ashkenazi Jews: these are the descendants of a Turkic idol/phallic worshiping tribe who migrated to Russia in the 7th Century A.C. and whose nobility converted to Judaism in the 8th Century A.C. and now inhabit mostly Europe. (about 90%-95% of all Jews)

    3. Sephardic Jews = Persian descent.

    4. Zionist Jews: these are the ones from the 2 above who are pretending to be Jews for political reasons but whoâ(TM)re are actually Illuminists-Luciferian-Masonic-Satanists as Harold Wallace Rosenthal admits in this interview.

    They are led by the neo-Pharisees (occult-priest-banklords). They want to establish a Zionist Luciferian state from the Nile to the Euphrates from where they plan to rule the Earth. The new Israeli Supreme Court funded by the Rothschilds Banklords is full of Masonic Symbols, just like the B.I.S. Bank of International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, which is the Mother of All Private Central Banks.

    The hexagram symbol on the Israeli flag is the ancient Star of Moloch, a Satanic-Baal deity to which people were sacrificed. There is no such thing as a Star of David which the modern Jews have been fooled into believing; however, the True Torah Jews are not fooled by the Zionists Illuminatis and you can visit their websites for more info .

    1. Sanhedrin 59a: "Murdering Goyim is like killing a wild animal."

    2. Abodah Zara 26b: "Even the best of the Gentiles should be killed."

    3. Sanhedrin 59a: "A goy (Gentile) who pries into The Law (Talmud) is guilty of death."

    4. Yebhamoth 11b: "Sexual intercourse with a little girl is permitted if she is three years of age."

    5. Schabouth Hag. 6d: "Jews may swear falsely by use of subterfuge wording."

    6. Hilkkoth Akum X1: "Do not save Goyim in danger of death."

    7. Hilkkot

  16. Re: Schmid = Jewgle = this in their own words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The only ones talking killing (along with robbing, raping, and stealing too) are jews in their own book of laws in the talmud.

  17. Re: Schmid = Jewgle = this in their own words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You realize that book is older than Christianity and Islam, right? Take it with a grain of salt, just like the other religious books' crazy declarations that put the Western world through the Dark Ages (and the current dark ages for the Middle East as Islam figures itself out).

    But most importantly -- and I mean this as seriously as possible as someone can anonymously over the internet -- go seek help before you do something that you cannot recover from. As far down the rabbit hole as you have gone, you must recognize that your current world view is so polarized that it's unhealthy.

    Before you go off spouting that the Jews control something, you should at least try to recognize that most of the control that you suggest falls down to political, rather than religious, ideologies. And, last I checked, Easter has been celebrated at the White House every year that I can remember. If you don't try to be open to fair interpretations of things, then you are worse than those you claim to despise.

    This will fall on deaf ears, but I hope that I am wrong and that you seek help.

  18. Re: Schmid = Jewgle = this in their own words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hahahahaha! Save the weak "jedi mind tricks". They don't work on me. The history posted is right. You don't even deny it. You're all going down destroying yourselves as you always do anywhere you go as you try rob and ruin nation after nation in history. It explains your constantly being exiled in and of itself.