Obama Said to Consider Kindler, Schmidt for Commerce Secretary

President Barack Obama may look to the business community for his next secretary of Commerce with former Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kindler and Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt among potential candidates, according to a person familiar with the process.

Ron Kirk, who has had a leading role in pressing the administration’s trade agenda as U.S. trade representative, also is a contender for the job, according to another person. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because the search is in preliminary stages.