Wendy Schmidt
| Wendy Schmidt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Wendy Susan Boyle July 26, 1955 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Residence | Atherton, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Smith College University of California at Berkeley |
| Occupation | President Schmidt Family Foundation |
| Spouse(s) | Eric Schmidt (m. 1980) |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Website | Schmidt Family Foundation |
Wendy Schmidt (born Wendy Susan Boyle; 1955) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the wife of Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google, whom she met in graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the president of the Schmidt Family Foundation.
She was born in 1955 in Orange, New Jersey. Her parents owned an interior design firm, Boyle Design Associates.
She graduated from Smith College in 1977 and attended graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley. While there, she met Eric Schmidt, then a doctoral student in computer science, and edited his thesis. They married in June 1980.
After graduating in 1981 with a master's degree in journalism, she joined the marketing department of Sun Microsystems, where Eric Schmidt later worked as well. She left Sun in 1986 to start an interior design firm, which she ran for 16 years. Wendy and Eric Schmidt have two daughters, Sophie and Alison.
In 2005, Schmidt became a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and founded the 11th Hour Project to raise awareness about climate change and global warming. In 2006, Wendy and Eric Schmidt established the Schmidt Family Foundation to address issues of sustainability and the responsible use of natural resources. She is the president of the foundation and directs its grant making. As a yachtswoman, Schmidt has taken a personal interest in promoting some of the 11th Hour Project's ocean awareness programs through competitive sailing.
After the establishment of the foundation, The 11th Hour Project became its main direct charitable program.ReMain Nantucket, founded in 2007 by Wendy Schmidt, is a program area of The Schmidt Family Foundation focused on the economic, social, and environmental vitality of downtown Nantucket, Massachusetts.
In 2009, Wendy and Eric Schmidt created the $25 million Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund at Princeton University to support research and technology in the natural sciences and engineering. The Fund awarded $1.2 million in grants in 2010 and $1.7 million in grants in 2012.
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