Eric Schmidt is a technology executive and venture investor who took over as CEO of Relativity Space and acquired a controlling stake in the company in 2025. Eric Schmidt's Twitter Score is 280 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,221 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Eric Schmidt previously served as CEO of Google and formerly worked at Alphabet Inc. as a technical advisor. He co-founded Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative focused on science, society, and machine learning, alongside Wendy Schmidt. He also co-founded Innovation Endeavors with Dror Berman, serving as the anchor investor in the firm's $500 million fund, per the firm's own announcement.
Eric Schmidt has been active in the crypto and Web3 space, joining Chainlink Labs as a strategic advisor in December 2021. Per CNBC, Schmidt stated in April 2022 that he had invested in cryptocurrency and expressed greater interest in the broader future of Web3 than in any specific cryptocurrency holding.
Eric Schmidt has accumulated 2,036,583 followers as of August 2026 on X and has published 1,242 posts. He has been mentioned by 783 accounts, with 2,248 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Eric Schmidt include 1,429 founders, 399 angel investors, 231 influencers and 91 VCs, among them Sam Altman, CZ BNB, Stani, Michael Saylor, Kyle Samani and Fred Ehrsam.