Is Google's (GOOG) CEO a serial adulterer?

Posted Sep 4th 2007 11:11AM by Peter Cohan
Filed under: Rumors, Google (GOOG), Scandals

Valleywag reports that Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt is a serial adulterer. It alleges that Schmidt is "famous" for having a series of girlfriends to which he's proposed marriage despite being married. And it claims that Schmidt's girlfriends include Rita Koselka and Marci Simon.

But wait, there's more. Google's experiencing an office space crunch in New York where it hired so many people that its most recent financial report was too expense-heavy in the view of financial analysts. But despite that West Chelsea space crunch, Google was able to find a desk and phone line for none other than Marci Simon.

I guess this serial adultery falls outside of Google's "Do No Evil" philosophy. Meanwhile, if Valleywag's reports are accurate, I am questioning the judgment of Schmidt, Koselka and Simon.

Peter Cohan is President of Peter S. Cohan & Associates, a management consulting and venture capital firm. He also teaches management at Babson College and edits The Cohan Letter. He has no financial interest in Google.

Tags: Eric Schmidt, GOOG, Google, Valleywag