Management Shakeup at Google: Larry Page to Replace Eric Schmidt as CEO

[MacRumors]

As part of its quarterly earnings release issued today, Google announced changes to its top-level management structure, with the most high-profile change seeing co-founder Larry Page replacing Eric Schmidt as CEO as of April 4th. Page will take charge of day-to-day operations at the company, while Schmidt will become Executive Chairman and focus on business deals, partnerships and outreach. Google co-founder Sergey Brin will direct his energies to new and strategic product efforts.

- Starting from April 4, Larry Page, Google Co-Founder, will take charge of Google's day-to-day operations as Chief Executive Officer.
- Sergey Brin, Google Co-Founder, will devote his energy to strategic projects, in particular working on new products.
- Eric Schmidt will assume the role of Executive Chairman, focusing externally on deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership--all of which are increasingly important given Google's global reach. Internally, he will continue to act as an advisor to Larry and Sergey.

Commenting on these changes, Eric said: "We've been talking about how best to simplify our management structure and speed up decision making for a long time. By clarifying our individual roles we'll create clearer responsibility and accountability at the top of the company. In my clear opinion, Larry is ready to lead and I'm excited about working with both him and Sergey for a long time to come."

Schmidt has posted additional thoughts on the changes in a blog post.

Google and Apple have had a complicated relationship over the years, with the two companies previously sharing a close relationship in facing off against Microsoft in the personal technology market and Schmidt joining Apple's board of directors in 2006.

But with both Apple and Google making strong pushes into the smartphone arena and the two companies competing in an ever-growing number of markets, questions arose about the close ties between them. Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board in 2009, citing diminishing effectiveness as he was forced to recuse himself from increasing numbers of discussions due to potential conflict of interest. Even with Schmidt's departure from Apple's board, tensions between the companies have remained high.

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[miles01110]

Seemed like Google was stagnating a bit recently under Schmidt, but that's just me.

 

[Andronicus]

Am I in the wrong place...

Googlerumors.com?

 

[Popeye206]

Restructuring at the top is not a good sign.... They're worried about something and feel the market may slip away from them if they don't focus. It hints at getting worried... maybe a open systems OS and mobile OS is draining too many resources for little return????

That's how I see it... and how I've seen it in the past at big companies.

BTW... what were their earnings? I have not seen yet.

 

[lifeinhd]

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin will direct his energies to new and strategic product efforts.

Read: "Google co-founder Sergey Brin will direct his energies to copying as many Apple products as he can."

 

[HahaHaha321]

This should be very interesting. Not for Apple, though.

 

[Popeye206]

Why is this front page.?

To distract us and keep us from whining about hexoblobular screws!

 

[dwman]

Maybe this will soften relations between Apple & Google. I don't think Google Maps has been updated on iPhone in a couple of years.

 

[impulse462]

I never really liked Eric Schmidt, so I'm happy Larry Page is taking over as CEO.

Hopefully this means better Apple Google relations which in turn means better products for consumers like us.

 

[Tom8]

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Why is this front page.?

To distract us and keep us from whining about hexoblobular screws!

That's pentobular.

 

[cronked]

Woohooo! Bring on more electric cars and solar projects! Big money makers. Actually, I like Google but I don't like Google and Apple competing with each other. They could do a lot of good if they could stop stepping on each other's feet.

Here is a thought that puts things in perspective. Apple had about 3 times the revenue of Google in the latest quarter. Amazing.

 

[dingamahoo]

Maybe they decided under Schmidt they were becoming too evil.

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

Terrain View?

Maybe this will soften relations between Apple & Google. I don't think Google Maps has been updated on iPhone in a couple of years.

Indeed, I for one would love to see Terrain View added to the MapKit framework.

 

[orfeas0]

Why is this front page.?

cause we still have no news about the new MBPs

hey btw i have a question about macrumors.com.
when we rate the post as "positive-negative", do we vote if we like the news or if the news are well presented? i don't really get it

 

[Erwin-Br]

I never really liked Eric Schmidt, so I'm happy Larry Page is taking over as CEO.

Hopefully this means better Apple Google relations which in turn means better products for consumers like us.

Maybe together with Cook. Jobs is simply unable to have a good relation with anyone.

 

[Xian Zhu Xuande]

Maybe together with Cook. Jobs is simply unable to have a good relation with anyone.

Because we don't see 'CEO of [COMPANY] commented on Steve Jobs today: called him 'Swell'" as a Mac Rumors headline? Most people I know who have had interactions and discussions with him actually found him to be quite civil and pleasant.

 

[rdowns]

I saw this coming. As soon as Jobs announced his leave, I knew Schmidt would copy him.

I view this as a rebuke of Schmidt and all the **** he has thrown on the wall to find another revenue stream. Nothing is really sticking.

 

[Popeye206]

I never really liked Eric Schmidt, so I'm happy Larry Page is taking over as CEO.

Hopefully this means better Apple Google relations which in turn means better products for consumers like us.

It would be nice... but I doubt it. Too many hard lines in the sand now. Too much overlap and they both know the value of owning the customer.

Either way... Google and Apple are both here to stay for now. Both learning from the other. At least Google shows some good competition for the consumer. Both are the leaders right now.

Humm... I get sad when I think of poor Steve Balmer standing all alone kicking cans with a sign "Please buy my phones!"

 

[bdkennedy1]

Larry: "Eric, you are running this company I founded into the ground."
Eric: " Duhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ok Larry!"

 

[dethmaShine]

I saw this coming. As soon as Jobs announced his leave, I knew Schmidt would copy him.

I view this as a rebuke of Schmidt and all the **** he has thrown on the wall to find another revenue stream. Nothing is really sticking.

Hahahaha... Best post ever!

 

[tempusfugit]

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Whoever decided google wave was a good idea deserves to be sacked. buzz, too.

 

[50548]

I saw this coming. As soon as Jobs announced his leave, I knew Schmidt would copy him.

I view this as a rebuke of Schmidt and all the **** he has thrown on the wall to find another revenue stream. Nothing is really sticking.

The sooner the better for that crock called Schmidt and his Google/Android copycat machine...now let's hope Page screws up the pooch even more.

Or as SJ once said, the "do no evil" mantra has been pure BS for a long time already...no surprises here.

 

[xIGmanIx]

android is already a money maker and a good one at that, and they are forecasting around $1B per year for android, not to shabby, google's $$$ is just fine

Restructuring at the top is not a good sign.... They're worried about something and feel the market may slip away from them if they don't focus. It hints at getting worried... maybe a open systems OS and mobile OS is draining too many resources for little return????

That's how I see it... and how I've seen it in the past at big companies.

BTW... what were their earnings? I have not seen yet.

ha! why am i not surprised? i guess apple invented copy and paste on cell phone OS and multitasking huh?

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Read: "Google co-founder Sergey Brin will direct his energies to copying as many Apple products as he can."

why would a relationship between apple and google translate into anything good for consumers? Both are making very strong products to compete with each other, let the iron curtain remain!

I never really liked Eric Schmidt, so I'm happy Larry Page is taking over as CEO.

Hopefully this means better Apple Google relations which in turn means better products for consumers like us.

because PING and mobile me are far superior products ha!

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Whoever decided google wave was a good idea deserves to be sacked. buzz, too.

 

[bdkennedy1]

Oh my God! Eric Schmidt is going to be CEO of Apple!

 

[qtx43]

...hey btw i have a question about macrumors.com.
when we rate the post as "positive-negative", do we vote if we like the news or if the news are well presented? i don't really get it

It's not about the story, it's about you. Deep in the bowels of MacRumors there is a little old lady who spends her days counting positives and negatives. They go on your permanent record.