The Ultimate Internship program connects the most highly qualified students with business leaders in various markets, who have the desire to provide our next generation the tools for success by offering one-of-a-kind internship opportunities.
The First Ultimate Internship – Intern With Eric Schmidt (Future Executive Chairman of Google)
The very first Ultimate Internship is being launched in February of 2011. The internship is an incredible opportunity – an Internship with Eric Schmidt (The CEO of Google, Inc. who is becoming the Executive Chairman of Google in April 2011).
The Ultimate Internship winner will be a talented and ambitious self-starter and will spend 3 weeks as the personal intern for Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to intern with one of today’s most successful global business leaders and philanthropist.
A Bit About Eric Schmidt
Prior to joining Google, Eric was the Chairman and CEO of Novell and Chief Technology Officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he led the development of Java, Sun?s platform-independent programming technology. Earlier in his career, Eric was a member of the research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and held positions at Bell Laboratories and Zilog. He holds a bachelor?s degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University as well as a master?s degree and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Eric is a member of President Obama?s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a fellow in 2007. Eric also chairs the board of the New America Foundation.