Chapter 470: Eric Schmidt

March 13th.

At 5 AM that day, Kyle led his team aboard his private jet, the “Lola,” departing from Seattle. However, their destination wasn’t Los Angeles, but rather Santa Clara County, also in California.

Does Santa Clara County sound unfamiliar?

Does Santa Clara Valley, under the jurisdiction of Santa Clara County, sound even more unfamiliar?

However… Santa Clara Valley has another name, and that is “Silicon Valley”!

“Boss, your trip to Silicon Valley this time has two main itineraries. The first is Waterworld Animation, and the second is Google,” said Baggio List, a member of the think tank.

Kyle nodded, looking at the clouds outside the window, lost in thought.

There wasn’t much going on with Waterworld Animation this time.

Once upon a time, Waterworld Animation and LinkedIn shared the same building. Now that LinkedIn’s headquarters have completely relocated to the Seattle industrial park, the Page Building in Silicon Valley will henceforth be entirely occupied by Waterworld Animation.

“LinkedIn and Waterworld Animation dealing with residual issues isn’t a big deal.”

“But… Google, this time it’s definitely for real.”

Not long ago, Larry Page, as Google’s chairman and CEO, had spoken with Kyle more than once, including remote video calls.

Larry Page wanted to step down as Google’s CEO!

…The straight-line distance from Seattle to Silicon Valley is 0 kilometers.

Kyle, aboard the “Lola” Boeing 767, arrived at his destination in less than 2 hours.

“Alright everyone, it’s still early, a little over ten minutes before 7 AM. Let’s find a place to eat first,” Kyle suggested.

“Okay, boss.”

Baggio List and the rest of the private team, of course, agreed.

Kyle’s private jet,

cost as much as $110 million to build, and was fully equipped with facilities, including a kitchen. However, Kyle didn’t like eating on the plane, always feeling it wasn’t real.

So the question arises!

If Kyle didn’t eat on the plane, do you think his employees would have the nerve to eat on the plane?

So, the employees, who had already woken up early, were now even earlier, and though not starving, their stomachs were certainly empty.

At the same time.

At the home of Larry Page, Google’s chairman and CEO, Sergey Brin, also a Google co-founder, was present.

“Kyle Page should be coming this morning, right?” Larry asked.

Brin smiled: “He’s arriving this morning. I’d estimate he should be at the Mountain View airport by now.”

Hearing this, Larry couldn’t help but envy: “I really envy him for having a luxurious Boeing 767 private jet.”

Brin laughed: “Buddy, you don’t need to be envious. I believe that in the near future, we will also own a Boeing 767.”

“Oh, are you that certain?” Larry said playfully.

“Absolutely! I’m incredibly certain!”

Brin was full of confidence.

In fact, in the future, they did indeed jointly purchase a Boeing 767, and its overall cost was significantly higher than Kyle’s “Lola” which cost $110 million.

The chat ended, and they got down to business.

“Brin, if I step down as Google’s CEO and promote Eric Schmidt, will he support it? Our combined shares give us absolute control and we can decide with a single word, but I don’t want to have a conflict with Mr. Page over the CEO appointment, do you understand?” Larry said seriously.

Brin nodded: “I understand.”

Kyle invested in Google a long time ago, and their cooperation has been very pleasant.

Kyle has almost never opposed any of their decisions, giving them maximum support.

Not only that, in 2000, Google’s search engine entered a money-burning mode due to promotion issues. At that time, Google, lacking massive financial support, could only initiate Series A funding to solve the problem of insufficient funds.

But… Kyle stepped forward!

Kyle did not take advantage of the situation to acquire more Google shares, but instead, through a tripartite loan, lent Google a large sum of money, a whopping $50 million!

Just for this point alone, Larry and Brin were deeply moved.

This timely injection of $50 million allowed Google’s search engine to develop rapidly, becoming the dominant force in the search engine field in just half a year!

Of course, this was also because in the late 90s and early 2000s, major internet companies overemphasized portal website construction and neglected the search engine market.

“You know, our cooperation with Mr. Page has been very pleasant and harmonious, and I hope this cooperation can continue indefinitely, rather than having some ridiculous issues arise due to share problems,” Larry Page emphasized again.

“Hahaha, don’t worry.”

Sergey Brin said confidently: “The reason you want to step down as Google’s CEO is that you’ve discovered your own shortcomings, and it’s also for the future of the company. You said Eric Schmidt is a strategic commander, the person Google needs most right now, and I completely agree with that.”

“I believe that Mr. Page will agree with your decision after meeting Eric Schmidt.”

Eric Schmidt, male, currently 46 years old.

Shortly after graduating from college, he successively worked at Zilog and Bell Labs;

The former is a famous design company for the Z80 series CPU in the IT industry, and the latter is the research base of telecom giant Bell. He also conducted research work at Xerox’s Computer Science Laboratory, a technical mecca in the IT industry. In just a few years, he grew into a well-known network engineer and technical expert.

However… his true strength lies in corporate management and corporate strategic planning!

In 1983, Schmidt joined Sun Microsystems, serving successively as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Officer. He led the development of Sun’s independent programming technology platform, turning Java into Sun’s most powerful market weapon ever;

1ell (whose main business was computer operating systems), serving as company chairman and CEO, in charge of corporate strategic planning, management, and technology research and development. Schmidt quickly rebuilt Novell into a profitable company, but… with the bursting of the dot-com bubble, Novell once again fell into huge losses. Not to mention the massive loss in market value, Novell lost $142 million in just one quarter.

Of course, this was mainly because Sun Microsystems couldn’t compete with Bill Gates’ Microsoft in terms of computer operating systems!

In a word, in terms of technology, company management, and company strategic planning, Eric Schmidt is an exceptionally talented individual.

And now, Eric Schmidt must convince Kyle before he can successfully take over as Google’s CEO!