Eric Schmidt served as Google's CEO from 2001 to 2011, overseeing the company's evolution from a search engine into one of the world's most valuable tech companies. He remained Executive Chairman through 2015 and has since invested in and advised numerous startups. His experience spanning software engineering, product strategy, and business leadership makes him a prominent voice on technology and innovation.
12 Books Recommended by Eric Schmidt
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Tells you how to be successful and true to your values in this awe-inspiring narrative of what it takes.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Howard Schultz, Jamie Dimon, Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Ray Dalio, Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Malcolm Gladwell, Matthew Mcconaughey, Satya Nadella, Walter Isaacson

The Better Angels of Our Nature
13 people recommendedWhen you finish [this book], which takes a long time, you conclude that the world is in a much, much better place than it has been in the past.
Also recommended by: Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Ben Silbermann, John Arnold, Aj Jacobs, Chris Anderson, Anthony Pompliano, Jack Kornfield, Lex Fridman, Mark Manson, Penn Jillette, Stewart Brand

Blitzscaling
8 people recommendedPaints the picture, with key case studies, of what it really takes to build a market-leading company.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Brian Chesky, Changpeng Zhao, Sam Altman, Sheryl Sandberg, Vinod Khosla, Anthony Pompliano
Extraordinary... Utterly unmissable.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Al Gore, Alain De Botton, Daniel Kahneman, Yuval Noah Harari, Stephen Fry, Tristan Harris

Behind the Cloud
6 people recommendedSalesforce.com and Google share a vision for how the cloud will revolutionize computing. Behind the Cloud gives us a rare glimpse at the development of one of the most important trends in business today.
Also recommended by: Aaron Levie, David Sacks, Keith Rabois, Russell Brunson, Tony Robbins
As someone who’s helped a small company become a huge, valuable company, I know firsthand the power of the startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship. This book is the definitive book on navigating VC as part of that.
Also recommended by: Sam Altman, Elad Gil, Michael Mauboussin, Ryan Hoover

Blueprint
5 people recommendedIt's a joy to read and it highlights ways to make our society better.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Michael Mauboussin, Nassim Taleb, Niall Ferguson
A timely book that is highly relevant to today's politics.
Also recommended by: Ray Dalio, Ashton Kutcher, Dana Perino

The Long Tail
3 people recommended[The insights in this book] continue to influence Google's strategic thinking in a profound way.
Also recommended by: Ev Williams, Seth Godin
[The author] is a fearless entrepreneur who worked hard to help early online merchants get off the ground. Some of them went on to become giants, like Amazon.
Also recommended by: Ron Conway
Reveals how [the author] has achieved the rarest kind of leverage in multiple fields.
Also recommended by: Ray Dalio
From Simi Valley to Silicon Valley
[The author] is a superstar, well worth reading.