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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Executive Officers of the Registrant
The names of our executive officers and their ages, titles and biographies as of January 31, 2009 are set forth
below:
Name Age Position
Eric Schmidt ............ 53 Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Sergey Brin ............. 35 President of Technology and Director
Larry Page ............. 36 President of Products and Director
Omid Kordestani ........ 45 Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development
David C. Drummond ..... 45 Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary
Patrick Pichette ......... 46 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan J. Rosenberg . . . 47 Senior Vice President of Product Management
Shona L. Brown ......... 42 Senior Vice President of Business Operations
Alan Eustace ........... 52 Senior Vice President of Engineering and Research
Our executive officers are appointed by, and serve at the discretion of, our board of directors. Each executive
officer is a full-time employee. There is no family relationship between any of our executive officers or directors.
Eric Schmidt has served as our Chief Executive Officer since July 2001 and served as Chairman of our board
of directors from March 2001 to April 2004 and again from April 2007 to the present. In April 2004, Eric was
named Chairman of the Executive Committee of our board of directors. Prior to joining us, from April 1997 to
November 2001, Eric served as Chairman of the board of Novell, a computer networking company, and, from April
1997 to July 2001, as the Chief Executive Officer of Novell. From 1983 until March 1997, Eric held various
positions at Sun Microsystems, a supplier of network computing solutions, including Chief Technology Officer
from February 1994 to March 1997 and President of Sun Technology Enterprises from February 1991 until
February 1994. Eric is also a director of Apple Inc., an electronic device company. Eric has a Bachelor of Science
degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University and a Masters degree and Ph.D. in computer science
from the University of California at Berkeley.
Sergey Brin, one of our founders, has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception in
September 1998 and as our President of Technology since July 2001. From September 1998 to July 2001, Sergey
served as our President. Sergey holds a Masters degree in computer science from Stanford University and a
Bachelor of Science degree with high honors in mathematics and computer science from the University of
Maryland at College Park.
Larry Page, one of our founders, has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception in
September 1998 and as our President of Products since July 2001. Larry served as our Chief Executive Officer
from September 1998 to July 2001 and as our Chief Financial Officer from September 1998 to July 2002. Larry
holds a Masters degree in computer science from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in
engineering, with a concentration in computer engineering, from the University of Michigan.
Omid Kordestani has served as our Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development,
formerly known as Worldwide Sales and Field Operations, since May 1999. Prior to joining us, Omid served as Vice
President of Business Development, from 1995 to 1999, at Netscape, an internet software and services company.
Prior to Netscape, he held positions in business development, product management and marketing at The 3DO
Company, a video game company, Go Corporation, a developer of software for mobile devices, and Hewlett-
Packard, a provider of technology products, software and services. Omid holds a Masters of Business
Administration degree from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from
San Jose State University.
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