February 21, 2008
Google's CEO Takes On a Nonprofit Role
Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, will become the chairman of the New America Foundation's Board of Directors on June 1, the group announced. He plans to mark his new role by making an unrestricted $1-million donation to the Washington think tank.
Mr. Schmidt has served on the board since the organization's founding in 1999, but he has not been as actively involved in philanthropy as many of his fellow billionaires.
He says he was attracted to the charity from the
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