Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:27 PM BST170
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt is joining Apple Computer Inc.'s board of directors, the computer maker said on Tuesday, creating a close tie between two of Silicon Valley's most iconic companies.
The addition of Schmidt to the board of Cupertino, California,-based Apple brings the total number of board members to eight, including Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and CEO, and Al Gore, former vice president of the United States.
Schmidt joined Google from software maker Novell Inc. (NOVL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) where he was chairman and CEO. Previously, he was chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW.O: Quote, Profile, Research). In the early 1980s he worked as a researcher at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and at Bell Labs and ZiLOG.
Other members of the Apple board include the heads of Intuit Inc. (INTU.O: Quote, Profile, Research), J. Crew and Genentech Inc. (DNA.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-08-29T212728Z_01_WEN4678_RTRIDST_0_TECH-APPLE-SCHMIDT-DC.XML&archived=False
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