If the goal is to build companies that maximize long-term equity value, then optimizing corporate performance in a way that Wall Street… — Bill Gurley Copy Share Image
That's at the core of equity: understanding who your kids are and how to meet their needs. You are still focused on… — Pedro Noguera Copy Share Image
“The systems within our organizations continue to churn out disparities and inequities, and all too often, those charged with fixing the problem… — Sara Taylor Copy Share Image
In the '70s and '80s, what private equity did is it changed corporate America. It started holding companies accountable, and for the… — Henry Kravis Copy Share Image
Our combination of great research universities, a pro-risk business culture, deep pools of innovation-seeking equity capital and reliable business and contract law… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Fund consultants like to require style boxes such as "long-short," "macro," "international equities." At Berkshire our only style box is "smart." — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“The essence of equity is that each of us must develop the necessary skills to treat the collective of diverse people around… — Curtis W. (Wallace) Linton Copy Share Image
Whenever I buy a painting, someone invariably says, "Oh, what a great investment." And I hate that reaction. To me, it's a… — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called the Troubled… — George Soros Copy Share Image
We have to remember that it's usually women who are making the health care decisions for their families… True equality would mean… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
If Barack Obama believes there are no victims in U.S, then I assume he'll shut down all the civil rights offices throughout… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We really wake up every day trying to build businesses. That is the goal of private equity. It's a misnomer out there… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
Congress has all sorts of rules, hedge fund managers, private equity managers, executives, movie stars, fall into that allow them to escape… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
One percent of the equity, 1 percent of the profits, and 1 percent of the people go into Google.org. The most important… — Larry Brilliant Copy Share Image
The stock market has gone up and if you are stock picking, that's fine, you may do a bit better than the… — Kevin Kinsella Copy Share Image
In Germany, many other countries, college tuition is free. Why isn't free in America? Why do we have the highest rate of… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
Venus Williams is a multi-millionaire not in spite of the fact that she is a woman, but precisely because she's a woman.… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
A great brand is a promise, a compact with a customer about quality, reliability, innovation, and even community. And while the concept… — Stephen B. Shepard Copy Share Image
The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts,… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
Private equity firms working closely with venture capitalists and technologists may be able to unlock assets that others have not leveraged and… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup… — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Equity is compromised due to the privatisation of education. Education has become a commodity. Those who can afford to buy it, buy… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image
I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was this… — Kate Levering Copy Share Image
I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless in the principle of forgiveness to the… — Christopher Hayes Copy Share Image
The law serves of nought else in these days but for to do wrong, for nothing is spread almost but false matters… — Jack Cade Copy Share Image
Upon graduating from my acting program at The Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts in Santa Maria, CA, I went to my first… — Vincent Rodriguez III Copy Share Image
The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of peace, social… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
When the opportunities come, we may not want to buy another nickel asset, but if something comes cheap enough, we're all about… — Ivan Glasenberg Copy Share Image
You also need to understand that when you consolidate credit card debt into mortgage debt - like a home equity loan or… — Jean Chatzky Copy Share Image
We want to ensure a multilateral development of society, the thriving of all sides of social life, economy, science and culture, the… — Nicolae Ceausescu Copy Share Image
In India, one has to have faith in equity. What are the alternatives - real estate, debt? If debt can give you… — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
We take smaller companies and middle-sized companies, all around the world, and we do currency exchange for them; we raise bonds and… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
“Being in the dominant group, where the culture matches our culture, tends to lead to not only advantage, but also conscious laziness.” — Sara Taylor Copy Share Image
You have a lot more freedom to explore and improvise in a Canadian film, which you might not have when there's 13… — Kristen Hager Copy Share Image
Education makes human beings more articulate. It transforms people. You can think differently about the world. It makes it possible for you… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Government acquisition of food supplies in time of war is no less important than conscription. Equity is the fundamental principle applicable to… — Chiang Kai-shek Copy Share Image
We've got to move beyond the idea that the public and private sectors are at odds. Government has to lay the groundwork… — Sebastian Pinera Copy Share Image