I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in… — Christie Hefner Copy Share Image
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down… — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
I think a CEO lives or dies in whether he's been able to hold on to elements of culture that are needed… — Anand Mahindra Copy Share Image
Watch, listen and learn. You can't know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money. — Ivan Glasenberg Copy Share Image
“Leadership is not an allowance to do minimum work, it is an accountability to do maximum work.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Compensation needs to be predominately performance-driven. If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Copy Share Image
The president met with BP CEO Tony Hayward, and Obama was demanding that BP clean up the Gulf. And I'm thinking, good… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Lucy Kellaway's columns in the 'Financial Times' lend themselves to podcasts because they usually consist of her giving a brisk ticking off… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I just don't understand, if they see numbers [of CEO salaries]that represent people, how they can somehow skirt around that and morally… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
By the time of the '90s boom, CEOs had become superheroes, accorded celebrity treatment and followed with a kind of slavish scrutiny… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
CEOs the world over are fond of pointing to their workforce and saying "Our people are our greatest asset." And yet today,… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
“Is it really necessary to reward the CEO with several million dollars? Why isn’t it logical or common sense to pay the… — John-Talmage Mathis Copy Share Image
Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say… — Cynthia Kenyon Copy Share Image
If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To be the best CEO you can be, you have to be passionate about the business you're running. And I have true… — Adena Friedman Copy Share Image
The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
They want more production and they want it cheaper. But no matter what happens, the creative idea will be perpetuated by somebody… — Joe Grant Copy Share Image
First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I'm the CEO of A$AP Worldwide. But as you can see, when I'm with them, everybody's equal. We don't really base our… — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while… — Jeff Weiner Copy Share Image
Our next CEO needs to thrive in a highly dynamic environment, to be capable of accelerating what is working very well for… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
![“The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The National Football League] now needs a guardian, not a CEO.” quote by Frank Deford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ffd/frank-deford-3856_ceo_the-sport-football-is-simply-more-and-mo_3104775.jpg)
![“I just don't understand, if they see numbers [of CEO salaries]that represent people, how they can somehow skirt around that and morally justify taking or ruining those lives and leaving them with nothing. That, to me, is violent crime. It's certainly more violent than selling grams of pot to other…” quote by Eddie Vedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/450/eddie-vedder-2057_adults_i-just-don-t-understand-if-they-see-numb_2658669.jpg)
![“First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise, you'll think you're a lot smarter than you are.' But he had tremendous values, tremendous integrity, humility, work ethic and terrific thirst for knowledge.” quote by Charles Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0c1/charles-koch-2666_ceo_first-word-of-my-father-when-i-arrived-a_3034090.jpg)
