Ceo Quotes · Page 8

“More often than not, a C.E.O is merely a puppet whose strings are pulled by a board of directors.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I didn't aspire to be the CEO of Deloitte, but I aspired to be a leader in Deloitte.

— Cathy Engelbert

I'm the CEO; I'm the one who should be looking out for risk.

— Kenneth C. Griffin

I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.

— Carly Fiorina

As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.

— Carlos Ghosn

When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.

— Carlos Ghosn

“Don't just answer to the name of a C.E.O. Answer also, to the pressing needs of your clients.”

— Utibe Samuel Mbom

If I invest in a CEO, I need him or her to have experience in sales.

— Daymond John

If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime, the deterrent…

— Jed S. Rakoff

For me, I may have titles like CEO, director or vice chairman but the best title for me is 'working mother.'

— Karren Brady

President Obama, by the way, is, I think, making his first presidential European trip. And while he's there in Europe, he plans…

— David Letterman

Remember when those CD-ROMs from AOL came in the mail almost every day? The company was considered ubiquitous, invincible. Former AOL CEO…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one…

— F. Sionil Jose

I was first hired at Staples in 1992, by company founder Tom Stemberg and eventual CEO Ron Sargent, to be the first…

— Shira Goodman

Because we weren't having success finding a CEO, our investors insisted that we hire these managers a temporary CEO and CFO. That…

— Tim Brady

Deciding whether or not to bring in an outside CEO is one of the most gut-wrenching decisions that a founder will ever…

— David Cohen

One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. And you define…

— Ginni Rometty

There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype:…

— Eric Liu

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever…

— Steve Jobs

This book [ "Win"] is based on the interviews with three dozen Fortune 400 - or Forbes 400, the richest people, and…

— Frank Luntz

The CEO's job is always about leadership. It's about leadership in a vision, in terms of where you're going, it's about making…

— Reid Hoffman

Somebody asked me 'what's the job of a CEO', and there's a number of things a CEO does. What you mostly do…

— Brian Chesky

I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman…

— Jay-Z

The president [of American research institute] can act as the CEO and make a firm decision about the long-term development of the…

— Henry Rosovsky

Don't be afraid to let someone go if it's not working. You're not a bad boss. You're not a bad CEO.

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

A CEO of a multinational global company can't say what to do; you've got to plant the flag.

— Dara Khosrowshahi

Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.

— Kenneth Lay

You're supposed to have a passionate purpose as a CEO.

— Christopher Voss

The most challenging part of being CEO is communicating to 200,000 people what you want done.

— Steven Burd

The day I was announced as CEO, I think the stock dropped another 20%.

— Anne M. Mulcahy

I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.

— Larry Wilcox

“Leadership is always about the folk and rarely about the finance.”

— Amit Kalantri

A lot of people say that I'm an activist CEO. I just think I'm a responsible leader of a business.

— Dan Schulman

Unless you are a lawyer or Fortune 500 CEO, carrying a briefcase is, well, nerdy.

— Roger Stone

In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

— Lee Iacocca

I think they, Peter McCullough was, turns out was not a good CEO.

— Arthur Rock

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 2008 Canadian CEO of the year, Frank DAngelo.

— Terence Corcoran

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

— Ivan Glasenberg

The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader - the CEO.

— Michael Porter

I never set out to be CEO. I always set out to be a good team member, a good colleague.

— Anonymous