華爾街的賺錢經(jīng) 第65期:硅谷神話—埃里克·施密特(1)
硅谷神話 Google的締造者埃里克·施密特
Eric Schmidt made a move that surprised many in dot-com circles when he became the chief executive officer of Google, the phenomenally successful web search engine. Google had quickly garnered a cult following for its clean interface and speedy results, and was set to become the high-tech industry's next stellar financial success. Schmidt, a veteran of computer manufacturer Sun Microsystems and Novell, the software maker, was considered the ideal visionary to guide Google into a period of growth and maturation as a business.
當(dāng)埃里克·施密特加盟谷歌這一非常成功的網(wǎng)絡(luò)搜索引擎并任首席執(zhí)行官時(shí)，他的舉措震撼了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)界。谷歌因其界面簡潔、搜索迅速吸引了大批追隨者，而且成為基于高新技術(shù)獲得巨大經(jīng)濟(jì)效益的成功典范。人們認(rèn)為，在計(jì)算機(jī)制造商——太陽計(jì)算機(jī)系統(tǒng)公司和制作軟件的諾勒有限公司均有建樹的施密特，是引領(lǐng)谷歌成長壯大的理想、人選。
Schmidt was born in 1955 and graduated from Princeton University in 1976 with a degree in electrical engineering. He then earned a graduate degree in engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctorate in computer science from there as well. In 1983 he was hired at Sun Microsystems, a Silicon Valley computer maker that was still a very young company.
施密特生于 1955年，1976年獲得普林斯頓大學(xué)電子電氣工程學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位，隨后在加利福尼亞大學(xué)伯克利分校取得工程學(xué)碩士學(xué)位及計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)博士學(xué)位。1983年，他受雇于太陽計(jì)算機(jī)系統(tǒng)公司——硅谷的一家新興計(jì)算機(jī)制造公司。
注釋：
1. executive adj. 行政的;經(jīng)營的;執(zhí)行的，經(jīng)營管理的
例句：The President of the United States is the executive head of the government. 美國總統(tǒng)是政府的行政首腦。
2. stellar adj. 星的;星球的;主要的;一流的
例句：Well, that one is one of the most relevant jobs our Stellar Spaceship carries out. 好吧,那是其中一個我們的恒星飛船執(zhí)行的最相關(guān)的工作。
3. visionary n. 空想家;夢想者;有眼力的人
例句：So you need to be not only an informed warrier but also an innovator, an entrepreneur, a visionary. 所以你不僅需要是一個消息靈通的斗士也需要是一個創(chuàng)新者，企業(yè)家，一個有遠(yuǎn)見的人。
