Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders… — Herb Kelleher Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder how some people can live with themselves in some of the big companies today. So many far-reaching decisions are… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Our model is to develop each business separately with its own shareholder and management - this way we can concentrate on the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
Berkshire has the lowest turnover of any major company in the U.S.The Walton family owns more of Wal-Mart than Buffett owns of… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The customer is number one, the employee is number two and the shareholder is number three. If the customer is happy, the… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company.… — Carlos Ghosn Copy Share Image
A strong player, which has the sufficient critical mass, can withhold pressure better and create a more stable environment that benefits shareholders… — Lakshmi Mittal Copy Share Image
There are certainly valid reasons for taking a company private, and it's also possible that C.E.O.s perform better when monitored by a… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know and believe intellectually that lying… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
I'm not an insider. I'm not on the board. I'm an outsider. That implies a certain kind of separation ... because the… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
It's no longer terribly sexy to own shares in certain companies; it used to be that being a shareholder in a corporation… — Thomas Koerfer Copy Share Image
We need a mutual fund industry with both vision and values; a vision of fiduciary duty and shareholder service, and values rooted… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
All this plan does is make everybody a capitalist. I know that the New York Stock Exchange says there are 25 million… — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
The worst example of rural poverty is that of migrant farm workers. They have no permanent jobs, so they have no equity… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
... Our first priority should be the people who work for the companies, then the customers, then the shareholders. Because if the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served - as shareholders and in all other ways -… — Larry Page Copy Share Image
I hope people understand that when you tax corporations that the concrete and the steel and the plastic don't pay. People pay.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
They used to ask: "How will this decision that we make today affect our people in the future?" Now we make decisions… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders,… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I mean the good thing about Marvel is that they're really good about reading what they call the shareholders - the fans.… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
I don't believe that someone who sets up an institution should be able to take out the money from the institution or… — Pallam Raju Copy Share Image
I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Money managers have to account for their actions to their shareholders, which means they have an undue fear of underperformance. We invest… — Richard Chandler Copy Share Image
Some foreign investors accuse us of being unfair to shareholders by using our resources for community development. Yes, this is money that… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I believe corporations that benefit from everything America has to offer should feel (ph) some sense of responsibility, not just to their… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value for shareholders and as long as they… — Andrew Mason Copy Share Image
Patagonia, a large apparel manufacturer based in Ventura, California, has organized itself as a 'B-corporation.' That's a for-profit company whose articles of… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Corporations are driving down wages and working conditions across the globe to maximize returns for their shareholders. They use their power and… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn't make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a spreadsheet guy. But you get to that moment of truth, and it has nothing to do with a spreadsheet. You've… — Brian Roberts Copy Share Image
Business exists to supply goods and services to customers and economic surplus to society, rather than to supply jobs to workers and… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that it’s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
My obligation is to the owners of Barclays, my shareholders. They hired me. People who criticise compensation for individuals in isolation at,… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
