American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
I've been a comedian since I was fourteen. But I've never really been a CEO. — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
I was the CEO of Justin.tv, and my cofounders were senior engineers there. We came up with the idea at Justin.tv in… — Michael Seibel Copy Share Image
People are kind of upset with British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward. Over the weekend, he was out on his yacht. And when… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
“Impatient clients will teach you tolerance. Insolent clients will teach you politeness. Hostile clients will teach you friendliness.” — Utibe Samuel Mbom Copy Share Image
“The many pro-surveillance advocates I have debated since Snowden blew the whistle have been quick to echo Eric Schmidt’s view that privacy… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Some of the best business and nonprofit CEOs I've worked with over a sixty-five-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top. — Andrea Jung Copy Share Image
During the whole funding process they said, 'We're interested in you guys because of your management team; we think you're fantastic...' Two… — Mark Fletcher Copy Share Image
I described the CEO job as knowing what to do and getting the company to do what you want. Designing a proper… — Ben Horowitz 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
Former Enron founder Ken Lay and CEO Jeffrey Skilling found guilty in the Enron case. Ken Lay is so guilty I'm surprised… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
BP CEO Tony Hayward said recently, 'No one wants this thing over more than I do. I'd like my life back.' Tony,… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that's sharper and smarter than they are. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
When I returned as CEO in 2008, Starbucks had forgotten that meaningful innovations balance an organization's heritage with modern-day relevance and market… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
It's pretty rare to have CEOs or high level executives at big companies who are social activists. They tend not to be… — Jerry Greenfield Copy Share Image
If your father is an air-conditioner repairman from Nebraska, its conceivable that you might become a CEO, but you can't imagine being… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
The CEO of large multi-nationals like Hillary [Clinton]. They won't going to like me and Wall Street is going to like me… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
As a CEO, you get sucked into dealing with all the tasks of being a CEO. There's a big meeting, a big… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
People often say to me, "How come you don't want to be CEO of a company?" And I tell them, "I don't… — Charlene Li Copy Share Image