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Awards & Recognition

★National Academy of Engineering member (2006)

★American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow (2007)

★US Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service (2017)

★Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2024)

★Chairman of US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

★Princeton University trustee and Carnegie Mellon University trustee

Notable Facts

→Former Google CEO (2001-2011) and Alphabet Executive Chairman (2015-2018)

→Technical Advisor at Alphabet from 2018-2020

→Currently CEO of Relativity Space (2025-present) with controlling stake

→Net worth of $54.5 billion, ranked #36 on Forbes 400 list

→Co-authored four New York Times bestselling books including 'How Google Works' and 'Trillion Dollar Coach'

→Founded Schmidt Futures philanthropic organization

→Chairman of Special Competitive Studies Project focusing on AI competitiveness

→Part of investment group that purchased Washington Commanders NFL team for $6.05 billion

→Former member of Obama's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

→PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, co-author of Unix Lex software

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