Coordinated Leadership Group
The tightly coordinated leadership group is one of the factors in the company's success. Eric Flamholtz and Yvinne Randle, in "Corporate Culture," refer to the three leaders of Google as a "classic leadership molecule" made up of leaders who function as a single and effective team. Page and Brin were students together at Stanford University when they created the company. Schmidt came in as chief executive officer in 2001.