"using Android software and, by 2010, 17.2% of the handset market consisted of Android sales, overtaking Apple for the first time. Android became the world's most popular mobile operating system shortly afterward. Following a January 2011 announcement, Page officially became the chief executive of Google on April 4, 2011, while Schmidt stepped down to become executive chairman. By this time, Google had over $180 billion market capitalization and more than 24,000 employees. After Schmidt announced the end of his tenure as CEO on January 20, 2011, he jokingly tweeted on Twitter: ""Adult-supervision no longer needed."" Quartz organizational management reporter, Max"
"1999 when he became CEO. In 2001, Smidt was listed as one of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneurs of the year. In 2008, Eric responded to the turbulence in the global economy by implementing a company-wide reinvigoration plan. Eric and his team drove growth in company performance and a culture of continuous improvement. The team drove improvements that led to new products and lower prices for Harbor Freight customers. Smidt has been a long-time supporter of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California and UCLA. In 2012, he funded a new public high school in Los Angeles known as ""Smidt"
"began in the 1980s. At the beginning of the 21st century, the conglomerate employed more than 41,000 people in more than 300 subsidiaries and associated companies and generated sales of around € 6.1 billion. The biggest source of revenue was the electronics and defense group, Rheinmetall, in which Röchling held a stake of 42.1 percent. According to the Manager Magazin, the Röchling Group had ""tangled"" with the company's strong diversification and ramifications. The expansion of the subsidiary Rheinmetall under the controversial CEO Hans Brauner had increased sales, but brought no returns. Therefore, in 2001, Röchling decided a fundamental change of"
"several transformational situations where he has been chairman, a board director or the CFO for companies that have been turned-around, restructured, built-up via acquisition and, in some cases, sold with equity value creation since 2004 in excess of $20 billion based on published reports: Schriesheim was named as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sears Holdings in August 2011. According to the company issued release, then CEO Louis D'Ambrosio explained that Schriesheim was brought on to help navigate Sears through a corporate transformation. Sears Holdings is the fourth largest broadline retailer in the United States operating through 2,000"
"she was appointed chairperson. From 2002-2004 Strauss managed the integration and merger of Elite into the Strauss group, following the Elite acquisition in 1996 which left Elite as a separate company with common controlling ownership. In 2007-2008 Elite was dropped from the company title (which was Strauss-Elite) and company-wide branding, remaining a chocolate and coffee brand. Strauss has developed strategic partnerships with Danone, PepsiCo, Haier, São Miguel and Virgin, for the sale of dairy, coffee, water, dips and spreads. The partnership with PepsiCo also created the US-based Sabra Dipping Company, since 2009 the largest hummus manufacturer worldwide. Since 2011 Strauss"
"in its design because it would help the search results load faster. Before Silicon Valley's two most prominent investors, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, agreed to invest a combined total of $50 million in Google, they applied pressure on Page to step down as CEO so that a more experienced leader could build a ""world-class management team."" Page eventually became amenable to the idea after meeting with other technology CEOs, including Steve Jobs and Intel's Andrew Grove. Eric Schmidt, who had been hired as Chairman of Google in March 2001, left his full-time position as the CEO"
"until February 2012, when Sony bought out Ericsson's share; Ericsson said it wanted to focus on the global wireless market as a whole. Lower stock prices and job losses affected many telecommunications companies in 2001. The major equipment manufacturers – Motorola (U.S.), Lucent Technologies (U.S.), Cisco Systems (U.S.), Marconi (UK), Siemens AG (Germany), Nokia (Finland), as well as Ericsson – all announced job cuts in their home countries and in subsidiaries around the world. Ericsson's workforce worldwide fell during 2001 from 107,000 to 85,000. In September 2001, Ericsson purchased the remaining shares in EHPT from Hewlett Packard. Founded in 1993,"
"a consortium of four telecommunications suppliers in Europe – Ericsson, Nokia, Alcatel (France), and Siemens AG (Germany) – to develop and test new prototypes for advanced wireless communications systems. Later that year, the consortium partners invited other companies to join them in a Wireless World Research Forum in 2001. In December 1999, Microsoft and Ericsson announced a strategic partnership to combine the former's web browser and server software with the latter's mobile-internet technologies. In 2000, the Dot-com bubble burst with marked economic implications for Sweden. Ericsson, the world's largest producer of mobile telecommunications equipment, shed thousands of jobs, as did"
"chairman since 2004. On December 15, 1999, Emerson Electric Co, moving to boost its growth prospects, agreed to acquire Jordan Industries Inc's telecommunications equipment business for $440 million. In 2010, U.S. MOTORS® brand sold to Nidec Motor Corporation. On July 26, 2011, Emerson announced it would locate its Latin America headquarters in Sunrise, Florida. On December 1, 2016, Platinum Equity acquired Emerson Network Power business unit and rebranded it Vertiv. The acquisition included the brands: Asco, Chloride, Liebert, Netsure, and Trellis. The company's leaders since the mid-20th century have been, respectively, W. R. Persons (1954-1973; President), Charles Knight (1973-2000, CEO),"
"respective technologies and Ericsson purchased Qualcomm's wireless infrastructure business and some R&D resources. Once the Qualcomm conflict was settled, Ericsson continued to be involved in mobile Internet. It announced a partnership with Microsoft to combine its web browser and server software with Ericsson's mobile Internet technologies. The subsequent joint venture was dissolved in 2001 in the aftermath of the Internet and telecom crashes. Ericsson got caught up in the Dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. The company's market value increased; its share price peaked at SEK 825 in March 2000, from a low of SEK 20 at the start of"
"In 1999 the ownership, including Ponder, agreed to a very generous acquisition by The Cap Gemini Group. Ponder stayed on with the Cap Gemini Group to manage its US-based telecommunications, media and networks consulting businesses as President and CEO. In 2000 Cap Gemini acquired Ernst & Young's global consulting business, greatly increasing Ponder's operational responsibilities. Ponder remained with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young until 2002 When WellPoint Health Networks approached him to become Executive Vice President and CIO, Ponder understood the challenges in the healthcare industries in America to be nothing like any other he had faced during his career."
"than three decades. After more than 30 years at the company’s helm, Sullivan and Karman retired as executive officers of the company in 2002. During their tenure, net sales increased to $2 billion from $11 million, net income increased to $101.6 million from $0.6 million, cash dividends per share increased to $0.50 from $0.0035 (split-adjusted), and a $1,000 investment in RPM shares in 1971 would have been worth more than $100,000. Tom was succeeded by his son, Frank C. Sullivan, who became president and chief executive officer in 2002. He has continued to lead the company in a manner consistent"
"the launch of a number of products within the orthopedic implants and medical instrumentation businesses, and delivered strong operating performance, with revenue growing from $2.8 billion to $8.3 billion, between 2003 and 2011. During his tenure, Stryker delivered stock price appreciation of more than 62%, compared to appreciation of the S&P 500 index of approximately 40%. While MacMillan presided as CEO, Stryker was selected by FORTUNE, over multiple consecutive years, as one of the ""World's Most Admired Companies"" in the medical equipment industry. Prior to Stryker, MacMillan was a senior executive at Pharmacia Corporation, a global pharmaceutical company, where he"
"the parent company of The Groundwork. The Schmidt Family Foundation was established in 2006 by Wendy Schmidt and Eric Schmidt to address issues of sustainability and the responsible use of natural resources. Schmidt and his wife established the Eric & Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good Fellowship, a University of Chicago summer school program for aspiring data scientists. The Schmidt Family Foundation's subsidiaries include ReMain Nantucket and the Marine Science and Technology Foundation; its main charitable program is the 11th Hour Project. The foundation has also awarded grants to the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Energy Foundation. The"
"Executive Officer, hired Wiesenthal as Chief Strategic Officer for Sony Broadband Entertainment , a move described in ""Fortune"" as one of Stringer’s “smartest moves”. Sony Broadband Entertainment (now known as Sony Entertainment) was established in March 2000 to house the corporation's U.S. entertainment assets, its film and television studio and music group. Wiesenthal moved quickly to buy and sell stakes in a variety of businesses; in 2001, he sold 50 percent of Sony's Game Show Network to Liberty Digital, and Sony's stake in Telemundo to NBCUniversal, a deal worth over $2 billion. He had Sony join with Philips N.V. to"
"tech firm, ICL, for four years. In 1988, he joined American multinational computer technology corporation, Oracle as an executive of the European management team. After 9 years at Oracle, he joined Californian enterprise software start-up, Chordiant. In 2001 he became Chief Executive Officer, replacing Sam Spadafora. He returned to the UK in 2006 to become Chief Executive Officer of FTSE software firm Micro Focus International. In 2009, he announced he would step down as chief executive of Micro Focus, citing personal reasons. In 2011 he joined the UK Government, and was made Chief Operating Officer and head of the Efficiency"
"on the boards of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Khan Academy, and ""The Economist"". New America is a non-profit public-policy institute and think tank, founded in 1999. Schmidt succeeded founding chairman James Fallows in 2008. Founded in 2010 by Schmidt and Dror Berman, Innovation Endeavors is an early-stage venture capital. The fund, based in Palo Alto, California, invested companies such as Mashape, Uber, Quixey, Gogobot, BillGuard, and Formlabs. Schmidt was an informal advisor and major donor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, and began campaigning the week of October 19, 2008, on behalf of the candidate. He"
"for a total of $4.4 billion. Frissora subsequently joined The Hertz Corporation as CEO in 2006. On January 1, 2007 he became company chairman. Frissora was named by ""Business Travel News"" as one of the most ""Influential Business Travel Executives"" of 2012. While holding his position at Hertz, Frissora was an active participant in international business groups including Business Roundtable, the World Economic Forum, McKinsey CEO Advisory Council, and the G100. Frissora was presented with the Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research in 2012. He stepped down from Hertz in September 2014. Frissora was born"
"M.D. In 2011 Jeffrey S. Litwin, M.D. was appointed ERT's new president and chief executive officer. Litwin joined ERT in 2000 as senior vice president and chief medical officer and was subsequently promoted in December 2005 to executive vice president and chief medical officer. Dr. Litwin oversaw ERT's global cardiac safety operations for seven years. In May 2012, Biosigna was liquidized and the office in Munich was closed. On July 3, 2012, ERT announced that Genstar Capital LLC of San Francisco acquired ERT in a take-private transaction valued at approximately $400 million. On July 9, 2012, ERT acquired and merged"
"financial and operational performance, growing revenue by nearly 50 percent from less than $6 billion to approximately $9 billion in 2012. He successfully managed the merger with Catholic Healthcare East n 2012 to create the then second largest Catholic healthcare system in the United States. From 1999-2005, Swedish served as President and CEO of Colorado's Centura Health, which was the state's largest hospital system and fourth largest private employer. Under his leadership, Centura improved its financial stability, strengthened its voice on healthcare policy issues, and made major investments in system expansion with strategic capital deployment to grow, to scale and"
"German industrial company. Schneider joined Fresenius in November 2001, when he was appointed chief financial officer of Fresenius Medical Care. From May 2003 until June 2016 he served as CEO of the parent company Fresenius. Under Schneider's leadership of Fresenius, the number of employees more than tripled, revenue quadrupled and net income increased twelvefold. While Schneider was CEO, Fresenius also carried out a number of major strategic acquisitions: the private hospital chain HELIOS Kliniken in 2005; US dialysis provider Renal Care Group, in 2006; US pharmaceutical company APP Pharmaceuticals, in 2008; Liberty Dialysis, another major dialysis provider in the US,"
"Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecom (EHPT) was a joint venture made up of 60% Ericsson interests and 40% Hewlett-Packard interests. In 2002, ICT investor losses topped $2 trillion and share prices fell by 95% until August that year. More than half a million people lost their jobs in the global telecom industry over the two years. The collapse of U.S. carrier WorldCom, with more than $107 billion in assets, was the biggest in U.S. history. The sector's problems caused bankruptcies and job losses, and led to changes in the leadership of a number of major companies. Ericsson made 20,000 more staff"
"Howard Schmidt Howard Anthony Schmidt (October 5, 1949 – March 2, 2017) was a partner with Tom Ridge in Ridge Schmidt Cyber LLC, a consultancy company in the field of cybersecurity. He was the Cyber-Security Coordinator of the Obama Administration, operating in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. He announced his retirement from that position on May 17, 2012, effective at the end of the month. One of Schmidt's leading policy objectives was the development of ""National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace"", which sought to enable private industry to create electronic identities that can be"
"valuable portfolio of news, sports, and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and theme parks. Burke assumed this role in January 2011, upon the closing of Comcast and General Electric’s joint venture merging the assets of NBCUniversal with Comcast's programming assets. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Comcast Corporation, where he was a driving force in its growth from a cable industry leader to one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. Burke serves on the Boards of Directors of Warren Buffett's"
"Telekom, one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies. In 2000, at age 31, he became Chief Strategy Officer to play a key role in Deutsche Telekom's transformation. In 2002 his responsibilities were extended to also include Research and Development, Technology (CTO) and IT (CIO) for the group. In 2006, Christopher Schlaeffer became Deutsche Telekom's Chief Product & Innovation Officer and thus in charge of the global product portfolio. In this role he was a member of the group's Executive Operating Board and responsible for strategic partnerships with for example Apple, Samsung and Google. In 2007, Christopher and Tim Cook"
"company's chief executive officer (CEO) is Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, who succeeded Andrew Lack on February 10, 2006. In the first half of 2005, the company's share of new releases in the United States (US) declined from 33% to 26% according to Nielsen SoundScan. This, and Lack's negotiation of what some called an ""ill-conceived"" deal with Bruce Springsteen led to Bertelsmann informing Sony that it would not renew Lack's contract. The company signed a content deal with the popular video sharing community YouTube. On August 5, 2008 Sony Corporation agreed to buy Bertelsmann AG's 50 percent stake in the music company for"
"to broader corporate restructuring. Stringer also served as executive chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation of America, and as president of Sony Broadband Entertainment Corporation since March 2000. Stringer was promoted to the company's top position as the corporation overall was having trouble with losses and was facing increasing competition from rivals like Samsung, Sharp, Apple Inc. and Panasonic. With his experience primarily in the media industry, Stringer was responsible for the media business of Sony in the U.S. by overseeing the release of the Spider-Man film series, among others. As CEO, Stringer's initial focus was on streamlining"
"on the Chairmen’s staff in business development and strategy and later as general manager of two small divisions. He left as a corporate Vice President to join MCI Communications. He was at MCI from 1989 to 1992 with responsibility for sales and marketing and as GM of the business markets division. Sharer joined the biotech firm Amgen in 1992 as president / chief operating officer and board member. From 2000 to 2012 he was Chairman/CEO of Amgen. Amgen grew from approximately $1B in sales to approximately $15B in sales during Sharer’s twenty years. All but $800M of the $14B sales"
"Officer, succeeding Jon Corzine. Goldman Sachs purchased Spear, Leeds, & Kellogg, one of the largest specialist firms on the New York Stock Exchange, for $6.3 billion in September 2000. In January 2000, Goldman, along with Lehman Brothers, was the lead manager for the first internet bond offering for the World Bank. In 2003, the firm took a 45% stake in a joint venture with JBWere, the Australian investment bank. In December 2005, four years after its report on the emerging ""BRIC"" economies (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), Goldman Sachs named its ""Next Eleven"" list of countries, using macroeconomic stability, political"
"European Union on concerns that it would create a monopoly. On July 13, 2000, the boards of directors of both companies terminated the merger. Later that year, MCI WorldCom renamed itself ""WorldCom"". CEO Bernard Ebbers became very wealthy from the increasing price of his holdings in WorldCom common stock. However, in the year 2000 the telecommunications industry was in decline. WorldCom's aggressive growth strategy suffered a serious setback when, in July 2000, it was forced by the U.S. Justice Department to abandon its proposed merger with Sprint. By that time, WorldCom's stock price was decreasing, and banks were placing increasing"
"2003 until his retirement in May 2003, when he joined eBay. On Tuesday, December 22, 2009, Schmidt was named as the United States' top computer security advisor to President Barack Obama. Previously, Schmidt served as a cyber-adviser in President George W. Bush's White House and has served as chief security strategist for the US CERT Partners Program for the National Cyber Security Division through Carnegie Mellon University, in support of the Department of Homeland Security. He has served as vice president and chief information security officer and chief security strategist for eBay. In May 2012, Schmidt announced that he would"
"on a fellow executive who had diverted company funds to buy shares in a company he controlled. From 1998 to 2005 he worked for Allied Domecq in the UK, rising to CEO in 1999, and oversaw the sale of the group to Pernod Ricard in 2006. In 2007, he was appointed as CEO of Scottish Power. He oversaw the sale of the group to Spain's Iberdrola December 2007, and was then appointed as CEO of Smiths Group. He has been a non-executive director of Burberry since June 2002. He was previously chairman of Liberty and Coral Eurobet, and a non-executive"
"$81.5 million leveraged buyout of the company in 1981. He was promoted to senior vice president in 1988, executive vice president in 1990, president and Chief operating officer in 1993 and Chief executive officer in 1997. He became chairman of the board in 1998. In 2010, the Harvard Business Review called Bleustein one of ""The 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World, mentioning the $13 billion increase in the company's market capitalization during his tenure as CEO. He stepped down as CEO in April, 2005 and was replaced by James L. Ziemer. As CEO, Bleustein was known for holding large numbers"