Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt

Former Google CEO & Executive Chairman

Tech executive who led Google's transformation into a global powerhouse. Known for scaling technology companies and advising startups on growth strategy.

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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

Ranked by popularity across all reading lists on this site

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#1

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14 people recommended

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

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The Better Angels of Our Nature

by Steven Pinker

13 people recommended

When 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.

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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

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#3

Blitzscaling

by Reid Hoffman

8 people recommended

Paints the picture, with key case studies, of what it really takes to build a market-leading company.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Brian Chesky, Changpeng Zhao, Sam Altman, Sheryl Sandberg, Vinod Khosla, Anthony Pompliano

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#4

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8 people recommended

Extraordinary... Utterly unmissable.

Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Al Gore, Alain De Botton, Daniel Kahneman, Yuval Noah Harari, Stephen Fry, Tristan Harris

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#5

Behind the Cloud

by Marc Benioff

6 people recommended

Salesforce.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.

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Also recommended by: Aaron Levie, David Sacks, Keith Rabois, Russell Brunson, Tony Robbins

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#6

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5 people recommended

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

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Blueprint

by Nicholas A. Christakis

5 people recommended

It's a joy to read and it highlights ways to make our society better.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Michael Mauboussin, Nassim Taleb, Niall Ferguson

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#8

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4 people recommended

A timely book that is highly relevant to today's politics.

Also recommended by: Ray Dalio, Ashton Kutcher, Dana Perino

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#9

The Long Tail

by Chris Anderson

3 people recommended

[The insights in this book] continue to influence Google's strategic thinking in a profound way.

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Also recommended by: Ev Williams, Seth Godin

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#10

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2 people recommended

[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

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#11

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2 people recommended

Reveals how [the author] has achieved the rarest kind of leverage in multiple fields.

Also recommended by: Ray Dalio

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From Simi Valley to Silicon Valley

by Stephen Gillett

[The author] is a superstar, well worth reading.

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