The CEO era gave rise to the CFO (not certified flying object, as you might imagine, but chief financial officer) and, most… — William Safire Copy Share Image
The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader - the CEO. — Michael Porter 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
CEOs are no different than the guy in the mailroom. They all have to learn how to manage better the risk created… — Lewis Schiff 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
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
Well, the manhunt continues for that elusive evil mastermind, but I'm telling you Enron CEO Kenneth Lay remains at large. — David Letterman 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
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
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
There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business. — Fred Wilson 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
When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating. — Gary Hamel 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
Evaluate the people in your life; then promote, demote, or terminate. You're the CEO of your life! — Tony Gaskins 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
On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our economy is a plantation run for the aristocrats - the CEOs, hedge funds, private equity firms - while the field hands… — Bill Moyers 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 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
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 financial time frame always has been short-term. Projects with long-term paybacks are cut back, because CEOs and financial managers simply want… — Michael Hudson 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
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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