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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Executive Officers
The names of our executive officers and their ages, titles, and biographies as of January 31, 2010 are set forth
below:
Name Age Position
Eric Schmidt .................. 54 Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Sergey Brin ................... 36 President of Technology and Director
Larry Page .................... 37 President of Products and Director
Nikesh Arora .................. 41 President, Global Sales Operations and Business Development
David C. Drummond ............ 46 Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer
Patrick Pichette ............... 47 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan J. Rosenberg .......... 48 Senior Vice President of Product Management
Shona L. Brown ............... 43 Senior Vice President of Business Operations
Alan Eustace .................. 53 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 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.
Nikesh Arora has served as our President, Global Sales Operations and Business Development since April
2009. Previously, he served as our President of International Operations since 2004. Prior to joining us, Nikesh
served as Chief Marketing Officer and a member of the management board at T-Mobile Europe. Prior to that,
Nikesh worked for Deutsche Telekom, Putnam Investments, and Fidelity Investments. Nikesh holds a Masters
degree from Boston College and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Northeastern University.
Nikesh also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology in
Varanasi, India.
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