Shareholders Quotes · Page 2

I have never seen an employee who jumps out of bed in the morning in order to create shareholder value.

— Dov Seidman

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making…

— T. Boone Pickens

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

— Carly Fiorina

I am always asking myself how I can improve the lives of my customers, my colleagues, my shareholders, my family and my…

— Martha Stewart

Real teams are much more likely to flourish if leaders aim their sights on performance results that balance the needs of customers,…

— Jon Katzenbach

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees,…

— Lakshmi Mittal

I may believe in something, but if it is not working and is not giving returns, we have to close it down…

— Ajay Piramal

When you manage your company for long-term shareholders, and you manage the company for clients, two of the biggest stakeholders, you will…

— Ginni Rometty

Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that it’s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are…

— Yvon Chouinard

Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting…

— Jed S. Rakoff

Business exists to supply goods and services to customers and economic surplus to society, rather than to supply jobs to workers and…

— Peter Drucker

I'm a spreadsheet guy. But you get to that moment of truth, and it has nothing to do with a spreadsheet. You've…

— Brian Roberts

The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them…

— Barry Ritholtz

Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs…

— Sylvia Earle

Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders,…

— Simon Mainwaring

I hope people understand that when you tax corporations that the concrete and the steel and the plastic don't pay. People pay.…

— Mitt Romney

We like our current shareholders and don't want to entice anyone to become one. It would help current shareholders to hear our…

— Charlie Munger

I meet with Satya [Nadella] what probably amounts to four or five times a year - either to brainstorm something or just…

— Steve Ballmer

To build and sustain brands people love and trust, one must focus-not only on today but also on tomorrow. It's not easy...but…

— Irene Rosenfeld

The problems are our lives. In the "developed" countries, at least, the large problems occur because all of us are living either…

— Wendell Berry

I've already written a section in the annual report for next year explaining why I think in one case that the figures…

— Warren Buffett

There are two reasons [ business people are not publicly anti-Donald Trump ], one is well-intentioned, which is the classic kind of…

— Reid Hoffman

We've now become conscious of the uncalculated social, economic, and environmental costs of that kind of "unconscious" capitalism. And many are beginning…

— Patricia Aburdene

Driving stock up from one day to the next is not what we are about. We are about building a good company…

— James Sinegal

Well-managed companies with independent boards have nothing to fear from activist shareholders.

— Whitney Tilson

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

— Ronald Reagan

It's an unbelievable responsibility to influence decisions, shareholder value and most important to me, people's careers and livelihoods.

— Andrea Jung

Shareholders, of course, have every right to weigh in on whether (or how) they want a company to exercise political influence.

— Ari Melber

No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.

— Bill Gates

The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done…

— John le Carre

When you face the shareholders, then you can feel the heat is on you. For 20 years I got to answer to…

— Tan Cheng Bock

I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value; the other is social responsibility.

— Guler Sabanci

Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit.

— Eliot Spitzer

Banks need to have large shareholders on the board that have a direct interest in their performance.

— Mian Muhammad Mansha

If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.

— Richard Branson

My job is to listen to ideas, maybe cook up a few of my own, and make decisions based on what's good…

— Phil Knight

Great fit and synergism for both companies and excellent outcome for employees, customers and shareholders.

— Philippe Kahn

A lot of people love Oreos. So their manufacturer is making money. That means more dividends for shareholders.

— Maria Bartiromo

Multi-billion-dollar multinational corporations view the exploitation of the world's sick and dying as a sacred duty to their shareholders.

— John le Carre

I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third - ultimately that's in the best interest of…

— Richard Branson