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William R. "Bill" McDermott (born August 18, 1961) is the CEO of SAP SE, the most valuable technology company in Europe, with over 91,000 employees. He is the only American in history to lead Europe’s most valuable technology company.

During his tenure as co-CEO, and now, as CEO, SAP's market value has increased from $39 billion to $144.7 billion by February 2018.

McDermott wrote a memoir, Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office, with Joanne Gordon, that was awarded the gold medal for business memoir of the year by the Axiom Business Book Awards. The book, first published by Simon & Schuster in October 2014, is now in its 17th printing, and has been published in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China and Turkey.

Early years
McDermott was born one of four children to Kathleen and Bill McDermott and raised in Amityville on Long Island. He is a grandson of basketball player Bobby McDermott.

Always entrepreneurial and industrious, by age 11, he had a newspaper route and more than doubled his customers. At age 16, he bought the Amityville Country Delicatessen in Long Island for $7,000, getting his first orders on credit and putting in video games to beat off competition from the 7-Eleven down the street.

Education
McDermott's deli business allowed him to pay for his undergraduate education at Dowling College, where he studied Business Management.

After Dowling College, McDermott earned his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and then completed the Executive Development Program at the Wharton School of Business. After running his own business through high school and college, he began his professional career at Xerox.

Xerox, Gartner and Siebel Systems
At Xerox, McDermott worked for 17 years and became the company's youngest Division President. From 2000-2002, McDermott was President of Gartner, the largest technology research firm in the world. McDermott later served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations at Siebel Systems.

SAP
McDermott was recruited to SAP in 2002 as the CEO of SAP America. In 2008, he was appointed to the SAP Executive Board, and in February 2010, he became co-CEO of SAP AG.

On May 21, 2014, McDermott was promoted to CEO of the company, now known as SAP SE. He became the first American to hold that position.

Since 2010, SAP's market cap has increased from $39 billion to $144.7 billion by February 2018.

In 2016 McDermott earned a direct remuneration of €11.6 million, becoming the best-paid of the executives leading the companies that form the German stock index DAX.

Awards and Honors
McDermott was named 2016 “Manager of the Year” by the German Business Daily Handelsblatt.

He has received numerous awards for his civic leadership, including GENYOUth’s Vanguard Award, City Year’s Idealist of the Year, the We Are Family Foundation’s Visionary Award, and the Children’s Aid Society’s Promise Award. He is a proud supporter of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson Health.

One of the most popular leaders in business, McDermott recently was recognized as a top CEO by Glassdoor in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Affiliations
McDermott advises world leaders and policymakers on issues including youth unemployment, digital government, and international trade policy. He is a member of the Business Roundtable and the European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT).

Personal life
McDermott and his wife Julie, a breast cancer survivor, have two sons. In July 2015, McDermott suffered from a fall that cost him his left eye, but returned to SAP headquarters in October of that same year.