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Google CEO joins Apple board of directors
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Apple Computer on Tuesday said Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt will join its board of directors.
The addition of Schmidt, approved during a Apple board meeting on Tuesday, increases the Cupertino, Calif.-based company's director head-count to eight.
Schmidt also sits on Google’s board of directors and Princeton University’s board of trustees. He joins other Apple board members that include:
- former Vice President of the United States, Al Gore Jr.;
- President and CEO of Harwinton Capital, Jerry York;
- Chairman and CEO of Genentech, Arthur Levinson;
- Chairman and CEO J. Crew, Millard Drexler;
- Chairman and former CEO of Intuit, Bill Campbell,
- former CFO of Apple, Fred Anderson;
- and Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.
"Apple is one of the companies in the world that I most admire," said Eric Schmidt. "I'm really looking forward to working with Steve and Apple’s board to help with all of the amazing things Apple is doing."
