Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Starts Investing in Cryptocurrency — Finds Web...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Starts Investing in Cryptocurrency — Finds Web...

Eric Schmidt, a former Google CEO whose net worth is $22.8 billion, reveals that he has put “a little bit” of money into cryptocurrency. He added that he finds Web3’s economics “interesting,” noting that the platforms and the use patterns are interesting. Ex-Google Chief Eric Schmidt Discusses Crypto Investing and Web3 Former Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt talked about cryptocurrency investing and Web3 in an interview with CNBC, published Thursday. Schmidt served as the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011. He stayed on as executive chairman until 2017....


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