I ran into Dr. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Inc. (GOOG), in the restroom yesterday. He had just given the keynote address at the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose. Seeing him in this context was a reminder that he is human like the rest of us.
It was a nice reminder, because as CEO of Google, Schmidt is clearly the most powerful person on the Internet and may be one of the most powerful and influential business leaders in the world.
Think about it. In addition to running a
company that has a market capitalization of $113 billion, Google has changed the way we use the Internet. It handles nearly half of the world's Web searches and has single-handedly resurrected web advertising. That is a huge responsibility as a leader.
